trotacalles

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of trota (“to trot”) +‎ calles (“streets”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɾotaˈkaʝes/ [t̪ɾo.t̪aˈka.ʝes]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾotaˈkaʝes/ [t̪ɾo.t̪aˈka.ʝes]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tɾotaˈkaʎes/ [t̪ɾo.t̪aˈka.ʎes]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾotaˈkaʃes/ [t̪ɾo.t̪aˈka.ʃes]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾotaˈkaʒes/ [t̪ɾo.t̪aˈka.ʒes]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝes

• Rhymes: -aʝes
• Rhymes: -aʎes
• Rhymes: -aʃes
• Rhymes: -aʒes

• Syllabification: tro‧ta‧ca‧lles

Noun

trotacalles m or f by sense (plural trotacalles)

1. flaneur

   Synonym: azotacalles

Further reading

• “trotacalles”, 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