mastuerzo

Spanish

mastuerzo

Alternative forms

• nastuerzo (rare)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mastuerço, from Latin nasturtium. Doublet of nasturcio. The variant nastuerzo is influenced by the word's Latin etymon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /masˈtweɾθo/ [masˈt̪weɾ.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /masˈtweɾso/ [masˈt̪weɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -eɾθo
• Rhymes: -eɾso
• Syllabification: mas‧tuer‧zo

Noun

mastuerzo m (plural mastuerzos)

1. cress (a plant, Lepidium sativum)

   Synonym: lepidio

2. (derogatory, colloquial, Spain) dumbass

   Synonyms: tonto, patán, tarugo, zoquete

Derived terms

• mastuerzo de Indias
• mastuerzo de prado

 

See also

• mastuerzo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “mastuerzo”, 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