requiebro

Spanish

FWOTD – 15 September 2013

Etymology

From requebrar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reˈkjebɾo/ [reˈkje.β̞ɾo]
Rhymes: -ebɾo
Syllabification: re‧quie‧bro

Noun

requiebro m (plural requiebros)

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

Verb

requiebro

first-person singular present indicative of requebrar

Further reading

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

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