aspaviento

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aspaˈbjento/ [as.paˈβ̞jẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: as‧pa‧vien‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from aspaventar (“to scare”).

Noun

aspaviento m (plural aspavientos)

  1. (often in the plural) fuss, ado
    hacer aspavientos ― to make a fuss
    Entró en el local con grandes aspavientos, sintiéndose la reina de la fiesta.
    She entered the place with wild gesticulations, feeling as the queen of the party.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

aspaviento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of aspaventar

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