lépero

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlepeɾo/ [ˈle.pe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -epeɾo
• Syllabification: lé‧pe‧ro

Adjective

lépero (feminine lépera, masculine plural léperos, feminine plural léperas)

1. (Cuba) astute, shrewd
2. (Ecuador, Venezuela) destitute, pauper
3. (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) rude, obscene
4. (Nicaragua) thievish

Noun

lépero m (plural léperos)

1. (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) a rude or obscene person

Further reading

• “lépero”, 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
• “lépero”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010