guirigay

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiɾiˈɡai/ [ɡi.ɾiˈɣ̞ai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: gui‧ri‧gay

Noun

guirigay m (plural guirigáis or guirigayes)

1. (colloquial, Spain) uproar; hullabaloo
2. (colloquial, Spain) gibberish; claptrap
3. (colloquial, Spain) chaos, disorder; bedlam

Further reading

• “guirigay”, 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