engurruñido
التعريفات والمعاني
== Spanish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
engurruñado
=== Etymology ===
From engurruñir, from engurruñar, possibly a blend of arrugar (“to wrinkle”) and encoger (“to shrink”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (standard) /enɡuruˈɲido/ [ẽŋ.ɡu.ruˈɲi.ð̞o], (colloquial) /enɡuruˈɲao/ [ẽŋ.ɡu.ruˈɲa.o]
Rhymes: -ido, -ao
Syllabification: en‧gu‧rru‧ñi‧do
=== Adjective ===
engurruñido (feminine engurruñida, masculine plural engurruñidos, feminine plural engurruñidas)
(colloquial, Spain, especially Andalusia) wrinkled, shriveled, crumpled (used for clothes, paper, or skin)
(colloquial, Spain, especially Andalusia) hunched up, curled up (often due to cold or feeling unwell)
==== Synonyms ====
arrugado
encogido
hecho un gurruño
=== Verb ===
engurruñido
masculine singular past participle of engurruñir
=== Further reading ===
“engurruñido”, 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