avispero

Spanish

Etymology

From avispa +‎ -ero. Compare Portuguese vespeiro, Catalan vesper, Occitan vespièr, French guêpier, Romanian viespar, Italian vespaio, Friulian gjespâr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abisˈpeɾo/ [a.β̞isˈpe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: a‧vis‧pe‧ro

Noun

avispero m (plural avisperos)

1. wasp nest
2. (colloquial) complicated mess

Further reading

• “avispero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025