esperancejo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /espeɾanˈθexo/ [es.pe.ɾãn̟ˈθe.xo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /espeɾanˈsexo/ [es.pe.ɾãnˈse.xo]
• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: es‧pe‧ran‧ce‧jo

Proper noun

esperancejo m (plural esperancejos, feminine esperanceja, feminine plural esperancejas)

1. (Cuba, colloquial) Alternative letter-case form of Esperancejo (Joe Schmoe, what's-his-name, so-and-so)
2. (Cuba, colloquial) guy, dude

Coordinate terms

• Fulano
• Mengano
• Perengano
• Zutano

Further reading

• “esperancejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28