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meapilas

  • [meaˈpilas]

Rhymes with i.las

Where it comes from

Compuesto de mear y pila (en referencia a la pila bautismal).

noun

  1. colloquial, derogatory Exageradamente devoto o de religiosidad hipócrita. el mayor escritor de nuestro idioma después de Cervantes no obtuvo el Premio Nobel de Literatura gracias a un complot de reaccionarios y meapilas de la época

    Similar: santurrón, capillitas

In English

  • prig a person showing exaggerated conformity
  • sanctimonious making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically

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@misc{meapilas_2026,
  title = {meapilas},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/meapilas},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}