empalagoso
التعريفات والمعاني
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From empalagar + -oso.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /empalaˈɡoso/ [ẽm.pa.laˈɣ̞o.so]
Rhymes: -oso
Syllabification: em‧pa‧la‧go‧so
=== Adjective ===
empalagoso (feminine empalagosa, masculine plural empalagosos, feminine plural empalagosas)
sickly sweet, cloying, treacly (of food or emotions)
cloying, mawkish, bathetic
cheesy, corny
Synonyms: hortera, cursi
=== Further reading ===
“empalagoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025