apangado

Spanish

Etymology

From apangarse +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apanˈɡado/ [a.pãŋˈɡa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧pan‧ga‧do

Adjective

apangado (feminine apangada, masculine plural apangados, feminine plural apangadas) (colloquial)

1. (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, of a person) foolish; dumb; stupid
2. (Nicaragua) depressed; moody
3. (Nicaragua) embarrassed; ashamed

Further reading

• “apangado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “apangado” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010