mansplaining

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mansplaining

  • [mãnsplajˈnĩŋ]

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Del inglés mansplaining, de man (hombre) y explain (explicar)

noun

  1. Explicar algo a alguien, especialmente un hombre a una mujer, de una manera considerada como condescendiente o paternalista. La columna de Marías es, a su modo, un maravilloso cóctel de mansplaining con la provocación necesaria para llamar la atención (como columnista, algo indispensable)

    Similar: machoexplicación

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@misc{mansplaining_2026,
  title = {mansplaining},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/mansplaining},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}