perogrullada
Spanish
FWOTD – 17 October 2020
Etymology
Perogrullo + -ada, after the folk character Pedro Grullo, known for making unnecessary, obvious statements.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peɾoɡɾuˈʝada/ [pe.ɾo.ɣ̞ɾuˈʝa.ð̞a]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /peɾoɡɾuˈʎada/ [pe.ɾo.ɣ̞ɾuˈʎa.ð̞a]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peɾoɡɾuˈʃada/ [pe.ɾo.ɣ̞ɾuˈʃa.ð̞a]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peɾoɡɾuˈʒada/ [pe.ɾo.ɣ̞ɾuˈʒa.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: pe‧ro‧gru‧lla‧da
Noun
perogrullada f (plural perogrulladas)
- truism (obvious truth)
- 2015 August 2, Zsófia Bán, ““Perdón por nuestro Gobierno””, in El País:
- Uno suele pensar que las perogrulladas son verdades generales, aprende a aceptarlas como se aceptan las reglas que se enseñan en el colegio, que el aceite no se mezcla con el agua o que las ballenas no son peces sino mamíferos.
- One tends to think that truisms are general truths; we learn to accept them like the rules taught in school are accepted, that oil doesn't mix with water or that whales aren't fish but rather mammals.
Further reading
- “perogrullada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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