espantaviejas
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb-object compound, composed of espanta (“to scare away”) + viejas (“old women”), itself a modification from the movie "Espantatiburones", titled "Shark Tale" in English.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /espantaˈbjexas/ [es.pãn̪.t̪aˈβ̞je.xas]
- (Castilian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -exas
- Syllabification: es‧pan‧ta‧vie‧jas
Noun[edit]
espantaviejas m (plural espantaviejas)
- (Mexico, Internet slang, elsewhere) the complete opposite of a chick magnet; a chick repeller
- Coordinate term: espantaviejos