guirigay

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡiɾiˈɡai/ [ɡi.ɾiˈɣ̞ai̯]
Rhymes: -ai
Syllabification: gui‧ri‧gay

Noun

guirigay m (plural guirigáis or guirigayes)

(colloquial, Spain) uproar; hullabaloo
(colloquial, Spain) gibberish; claptrap
(colloquial, Spain) chaos, disorder; bedlam

Further reading

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

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