zipizape

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θipiˈθape/ [θi.piˈθa.pe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sipiˈsape/ [si.piˈsa.pe]
• Rhymes: -ape
• Syllabification: zi‧pi‧za‧pe

Noun

zipizape m (plural zipizapes)

1. (colloquial) kerfuffle

Further reading

• “zipizape”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28