requiebro

Spanish

FWOTD – 15 September 2013

Etymology

From requebrar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reˈkjebɾo/, [reˈkjeβɾo]

Noun

requiebro m (plural requiebros)

a flattering comment
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte, Capítulo I
  […] , y más cuando llegaba a leer aquellos requiebros y cartas de desafíos, […]
  […] , especially when he got to read those flatteries and cartels, […]

Further reading

“requiebro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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