esperpéntico

Spanish

Etymology

From esperpento +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espeɾˈpentiko/ [es.peɾˈpẽn̪.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -entiko
• Syllabification: es‧per‧pén‧ti‧co

Adjective

esperpéntico (feminine esperpéntica, masculine plural esperpénticos, feminine plural esperpénticas)

1. grotesque
2. (theater, relational) esperpento (genre of theatre)

Further reading

• “esperpéntico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10