empalagoso

Spanish

Etymology

From empalagar ‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /empalaˈɡoso/ [ẽm.pa.laˈɣ̞o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: em‧pa‧la‧go‧so

Adjective

empalagoso (feminine empalagosa, masculine plural empalagosos, feminine plural empalagosas)

1. sickly sweet, cloying, treacly (of food or emotions)
2. cloying, mawkish, bathetic
3. cheesy, corny

   Synonyms: hortera, cursi

Further reading

• “empalagoso”, 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