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desternillante
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Spanish
Etymology
From desternillar + -ante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desteɾniˈʝante/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʝãn̪.t̪e] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /desteɾniˈʎante/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʎãn̪.t̪e] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /desteɾniˈʃante/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʃãn̪.t̪e] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /desteɾniˈʒante/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʒãn̪.t̪e] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: des‧ter‧ni‧llan‧te
Adjective
desternillante m or f (masculine and feminine plural desternillantes)
- side-splitting, hilarious
- 2015 July 24, “El Real Madrid se enfrenta con el Manchester City en Melbourne”, in El País:
- Los cinco criminales protagonistas son tomados por músicos por la ancianita que los acoge, lo que da pie a una trama desternillante que acumulará sucesivos y elípticos crímenes para culminar en un desenlace imprevisible.
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Further reading
- “desternillante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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