zonzo
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]zonzo
- Only used in andare a zonzo
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cfr. soso.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθonθo/ [ˈθõn̟.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsonso/ [ˈsõn.so]
- Rhymes: -onθo
- Rhymes: -onso
- Syllabification: zon‧zo
Adjective
[edit]zonzo (feminine zonza, masculine plural zonzos, feminine plural zonzas)
Noun
[edit]zonzo m (plural zonzos, feminine zonza, feminine plural zonzas)
Usage notes
[edit]- Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts they have a different degree of intensity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in that rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive meaning.
Descendants
[edit]- → Portuguese: sonso
Further reading
[edit]- “zonzo”, 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
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