gazapo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡaˈθapo/ [ɡaˈθa.po]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡaˈsapo/ [ɡaˈsa.po]

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• Rhymes: -apo
• Syllabification: ga‧za‧po

Etymology 1

Un gazapo en el campo. ― A young rabbit in the countryside.

Unknown, possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. May be derived from Vulgar Latin *captiāre (“hunt”) with a local pre-Roman *-apo diminutive suffix. Cognate with Portuguese caçapo and Catalan catxap.

Noun

gazapo m (plural gazapos, feminine gazapa, feminine plural gazapas)

1. bunny, young rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Derived terms

• agazapar
• agazaparse

 

Etymology 2

Back-formation from gazapatón.

Noun

gazapo m (plural gazapos)

1. misprint, error
2. gaffe, blooper, error

Further reading

• “gazapo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28