apabullante
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apabuˈʝante/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʝãn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /apabuˈʎante/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʎãn̪.t̪e] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /apabuˈʃante/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʃãn̪.t̪e] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /apabuˈʒante/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʒãn̪.t̪e] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: a‧pa‧bu‧llan‧te
Adjective
apabullante m or f (masculine and feminine plural apabullantes)
- overwhelming
- Synonyms: abrumador, arrollador, agobiante
- 2015 July 9, “El acero subsidiado chino pone en jaque a la industria mexicana”, in El País[1]:
- La caída del precio del acero por la apabullante oferta china subvencionada lleva tiempo siendo un foco de preocupación dentro de la OCDE .
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “apabullante”, 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