pesadillesco

Spanish

Etymology

From pesadilla +‎ -esco.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pesadiˈʝesko/ [pe.sa.ð̞iˈʝes.ko]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pesadiˈʝesko/ [pe.sa.ð̞iˈʝes.ko]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /pesadiˈʎesko/ [pe.sa.ð̞iˈʎes.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pesadiˈʃesko/ [pe.sa.ð̞iˈʃes.ko]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pesadiˈʒesko/ [pe.sa.ð̞iˈʒes.ko]

• Rhymes: -esko
• Syllabification: pe‧sa‧di‧lles‧co

Adjective

pesadillesco (feminine pesadillesca, masculine plural pesadillescos, feminine plural pesadillescas)

1. nightmarish

   Synonym: apesadillado

   • 2015 November 21, “Columna”, in El País‎^[1]:

     O de cuento de Navidad tan pesadillesco como el del señor Scrooge de Dickens.

     ...or of a Christmas story as nightmarish as that of Mr. Scrooge by Dickens.