gaznápiro
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Perhaps from Dutch *gesnapper, blend of gesnap (“chatter”) + snapper (“chatterer”).[1]
Noun
[edit]gaznápiro m (plural gaznápiros, feminine gaznápira, feminine plural gaznápiras)
References
[edit]- ^ Coromines, Joan (1961) “gaznápiro”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 295
Further reading
[edit]- “gaznápiro”, 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