despelote
See also: despeloté
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, "de-balled", meaning chaos resulting from testicle removal. From despelotar (“to de-ball, to neuter”).
Noun
despelote m (plural despelotes)
- (Latin America) fracas or hot mess
Verb
despelote
- inflection of despelotar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “despelote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014