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gazapo

  • [gaˈsapo] seseante
  • [gaˈθapo] no seseante

Rhymes with a.po

Where it comes from

Del algún sustrato ibérico prerromano. Compárese el portugués caçapo y el catalán meridional y occidental catxap.

noun gazapos

  1. Cría del conejo.
  2. Persona astuta que actúa con disimulo.

noun gazapos

  1. colloquial Error cometido por distracción.

    Similar: lapsus, yerro, desliz, metedura de pata, errata

  2. colloquial Embuste, engaño.

    Similar: mentira, embuste, falsedad, gazapa · Opposite: verdad

In English

  • gaffe a foolish error, especially one made in public
  • corrigendum error that is to be corrected in a printed work
  • typo error
  • bunny young rabbit
  • malapropism the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression
  • whopper outrageous lie

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@misc{gazapo_2026,
  title = {gazapo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/gazapo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}