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| Hungringo Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 3933 days ago 168 posts - 329 votes  Speaks: Hungarian*, English, Spanish Studies: French | Message 1 of 5 10 April 2014 at 8:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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I am familiar with the Spanish verb "apabullar" and the adjective "apabullante", but now I have just heard "espabullante" and cannot find it in any dictionary. Google gives only 2 hits. Does this word actually exist?
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| ScottScheule Diglot Senior Member United States scheule.blogspot.com Joined 5173 days ago 645 posts - 1176 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Latin, Hungarian, Biblical Hebrew, Old English, Russian, Swedish, German, Italian, French | Message 2 of 5 10 April 2014 at 9:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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My Venezuelan friend tells me it means "to hurry up," but he didn't seem positive.
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| Hungringo Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 3933 days ago 168 posts - 329 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, English, Spanish Studies: French | Message 3 of 5 10 April 2014 at 10:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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By the context it must mean something like "awesome" or "magnificent". A guy is talking about a piece of art and asks the other guy: "No te parece espabullante?"
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| ScottScheule Diglot Senior Member United States scheule.blogspot.com Joined 5173 days ago 645 posts - 1176 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Latin, Hungarian, Biblical Hebrew, Old English, Russian, Swedish, German, Italian, French | Message 4 of 5 10 April 2014 at 10:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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I wish you the best of luck.
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| nicozerpa Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 4271 days ago 182 posts - 315 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Portuguese, English Studies: Italian, German | Message 5 of 5 10 April 2014 at 11:35pm | IP Logged | ||
Mmm... I think he might have mistaken it for "espabilarse". Personally, I've never heard of "espabullante" before. Edited by nicozerpa on 10 April 2014 at 11:36pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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