alebrije
Spanish
Etymology
Originating in the 1930s. A nonsense word, heard by Pedro Linares — the original creator of alebrijes — in his dreams when he was sick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aleˈbɾixe/ [a.leˈβ̞ɾi.xe]
- Rhymes: -ixe
- Syllabification: a‧le‧bri‧je
Noun
alebrije m (plural alebrijes)
- a brightly colored Mexican handicraft sculpture of an animal or fantastical creature
Further reading
- “alebrije”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- alebrije on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es