gayumbos

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝumbos/ [ɡaˈʝũm.bos]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈʝumbos/ [ɡaˈʝũm.bos]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈʃumbos/ [ɡaˈʃũm.bos]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈʒumbos/ [ɡaˈʒũm.bos]

• Rhymes: -umbos
• Syllabification: ga‧yum‧bos

Noun

gayumbos m pl (plural only)

1. (colloquial, Spain) underpants, pants

   Synonyms: calzoncillos, calzones

Further reading

• “gayumbos”, 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