Hungringo Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 3989 days ago 168 posts - 329 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, English, Spanish Studies: French
| Message 1 of 5 10 April 2014 at 8:38pm | IP Logged |
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 5229 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 |
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 3989 days ago 168 posts - 329 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, English, Spanish Studies: French
| Message 3 of 5 10 April 2014 at 10:35pm | IP Logged |
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 5229 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 |
I wish you the best of luck.
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nicozerpa Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 4327 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 |
ScottScheule wrote:
My Venezuelan friend tells me it means "to hurry up," but he didn't seem positive
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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
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