patudo

Spanish

Etymology

From pata (“animal leg; human foot”) +‎ -udo (“augmentative of body part”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtudo/ [paˈt̪u.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: pa‧tu‧do

Adjective

patudo (feminine patuda, masculine plural patudos, feminine plural patudas)

1. (El Salvador) having big feet

   Synonym: patón

2. (Chile, colloquial) cheeky; meddlesome

Derived terms

• patudez

 

Noun

patudo m (plural patudos)

1. bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

Further reading

• “patudo”, 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
• “patudo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010