requiebro

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈkjebɾo/ [reˈkje.β̞ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -ebɾo
  • Syllabification: re‧quie‧bro

Etymology 1

FWOTD – 15 September 2013

Deverbal from requebrar.

Noun

requiebro m (plural requiebros)

  1. a flattering comment
    • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, chapter I, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha [ The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha], Primera parte, Madrid: Imprenta de Juan de la Cuesta:
      […] , y más cuando llegaba a leer aquellos requiebros y cartas de desafíos, […]
      […] , especially when he got to read those flatteries and cartels, […]

Etymology 2

Verb

requiebro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of requebrar

Further reading

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