botifler

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from French beauté and French fleur, in reference to fleur-de-lis, symbol of the Borbonic monarchy.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

botifler (feminine botiflera, masculine plural botiflers, feminine plural botifleres)

  1. chubby-cheeked, fat-cheeked
  2. (figuratively) pompous, arrogant, presumptuous

Noun[edit]

botifler m (plural botiflers, feminine botiflera)

  1. (derogatory, historical) a Catalan or Valencian who supports the House of Bourbon
  2. (by extension, derogatory, Catalonia) ethnic Catalan who doesn't support independence or Catalanism

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