huidizo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fugītīcius, from Latin fugere (“flee”). By surface analysis, huido +‎ -izo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /w̝iˈdiθo/ [w̝iˈð̞i.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /w̝iˈdiso/ [w̝iˈð̞i.so]
• Rhymes: -iθo
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: hui‧di‧zo

Adjective

huidizo (feminine huidiza, masculine plural huidizos, feminine plural huidizas)

1. shy, timid
   • 2015 July 5, “Estar y no estar, esa es la cuestión”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Ocurre en Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, el último wéstern de Sam Peckinpah, donde encarna huidizo a un don nadie llamado Alias.

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Further reading

• “huidizo”, 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