pesadillesco

Spanish

Etymology

From pesadilla +‎ -esco.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pesadiˈʝesko/ [pe.sa.ð̞iˈʝes.ko] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /pesadiˈʎesko/ [pe.sa.ð̞iˈʎes.ko] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /pesadiˈʃesko/ [pe.sa.ð̞iˈʃes.ko] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /pesadiˈʒesko/ [pe.sa.ð̞iˈʒes.ko] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -esko
Syllabification: pe‧sa‧di‧lles‧co

Adjective

pesadillesco (feminine pesadillesca, masculine plural pesadillescos, feminine plural pesadillescas)

nightmarish
Synonym: apesadillado
- 2015 November 21, “Columna”, in El País‎^[1]:
  O de cuento de Navidad tan pesadillesco como el del señor Scrooge de Dickens.
  ...or of a Christmas story as nightmarish as that of Mr. Scrooge by Dickens.