huelepega
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== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Verb-object compound, composed of huele (“to smell”) + pega (“glue”). Literally, “glue-smeller”.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˌw̝eleˈpeɡa/ [ˌw̝e.leˈpe.ɣ̞a]
Rhymes: -eɡa
Syllabification: hue‧le‧pe‧ga
=== Noun ===
huelepega m or f by sense (plural huelepegas)
(colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Puerto Rico) a person who drugs themself by sniffing synthetic glue
=== Further reading ===
“huelepega”, 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
“huelepega”, 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