tragacionista

Spanish

Etymology

Blend of tragar (“swallow”) +‎ negacionista (“denier, denialist, negationist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tɾaɡaθjoˈnista/ [t̪ɾa.ɣ̞a.θjoˈnis.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tɾaɡasjoˈnista/ [t̪ɾa.ɣ̞a.sjoˈnis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: tra‧ga‧cio‧nis‧ta

Noun

tragacionista m or f by sense (plural tragacionistas)

1. (derogatory, neologism, Spain) someone who denies accounts of the COVID-19 pandemic that contradict the official account
   • 2021 March 15, Juan Manuel De Prada, “Tragacionistas”, in XLSemanal‎^[1]:
   • 2021 August 31, Anián Berto, “No somos negacionistas, ustedes son tragacionistas”, in El Confidencial Digital‎^[2]:

Coordinate terms

• covidiota