insuceso
Spanish
Etymology
From in- + suceso (“occurrence”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /insuˈθeso/ [ĩn.suˈθe.so] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /insuˈseso/ [ĩn.suˈse.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eso
- Syllabification: in‧su‧ce‧so
Noun
insuceso m (plural insucesos)
- (slang, chiefly Colombia) an unfortunate occurrence; accident; mishap
Further reading
- “insuceso”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010