todólogo

Spanish

FWOTD – 3 August 2021

Etymology

From todo (“everything”) +‎ -logo (“-logist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈdoloɡo/ [t̪oˈð̞o.lo.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -oloɡo
• Syllabification: to‧dó‧lo‧go

Noun

todólogo m (plural todólogos, feminine todóloga, feminine plural todólogas)

1. (colloquial) jack of all trades
2. (colloquial, derogatory) know-it-all
   • 2015 November 28, Borja Hermoso, “Mañana ya habré cambiado de opinión”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Hay gente que opina de todo y todo el rato, todólogos que solo meten ruido, ¿no cree? ¿No hay demasiado ruido ahí fuera?

     There are people who comment on everything all the time, those know-it-alls who only make noise, don't you think? Isn't there already enough noise out there?

Further reading

• “todólogo”, 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