cursiento
Spanish
Etymology
From curso (“diarrhea”) + -iento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuɾˈsjento/ [kuɾˈsjẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: cur‧sien‧to
Adjective
cursiento (feminine cursienta, masculine plural cursientos, feminine plural cursientas)
- (vulgar, rare, Mexico, Central America, Chile, Rioplatense, Ecuador) having diarrhea
Noun
cursiento m (plural cursientos, feminine cursienta, feminine plural cursientas)
- (vulgar, rare, Mexico, Central America, Chile, Rioplatense, Ecuador) a person experiencing diarrhea
Further reading
- “cursiento”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010