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Spanish "espabullante"

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Hungringo
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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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My Venezuelan friend tells me it means "to hurry up," but he didn't seem positive.
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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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I wish you the best of luck.
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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


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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