rompemuelles
Spanish
Alternative forms
- rompemuelle (Peru)
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of rompe (“to break”) + muelles (“springs”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rompeˈmweʝes/ [rõm.peˈmwe.ʝes] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /rompeˈmweʎes/ [rõm.peˈmwe.ʎes] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /rompeˈmweʃes/ [rõm.peˈmwe.ʃes] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /rompeˈmweʒes/ [rõm.peˈmwe.ʒes] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eʝes (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -eʎes (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eʃes (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -eʒes (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: rom‧pe‧mue‧lles
Noun
rompemuelles m (plural rompemuelles)
Further reading
- “rompemuelles”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
- DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea