sabihondo
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Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *sapidibundus (“growing with wisdom, increasing knowledge”), from Late Latin sapidus (“wise”), from Latin sapiō (“to know”), by conflation with hondo (“deep”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sabihondo (feminine sabihonda, masculine plural sabihondos, feminine plural sabihondas)
- (derogatory) know-it-all
- Synonym: sabelotodo
- (derogatory) prolix
Further reading
[edit]- “sabihondo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014