empalagoso

Spanish

Etymology

From empalagar +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /empalaˈɡoso/ [ẽm.pa.laˈɣ̞o.so]
Rhymes: -oso
Syllabification: em‧pa‧la‧go‧so

Adjective

empalagoso (feminine empalagosa, masculine plural empalagosos, feminine plural empalagosas)

sickly sweet, cloying, treacly (of food or emotions)
cloying, mawkish, bathetic
cheesy, corny
Synonyms: hortera, cursi

Further reading

“empalagoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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