igualado

igualado

Portuguese

Participle

igualado (feminine igualada, masculine plural igualados, feminine plural igualadas)

1. past participle of igualar

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Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of igualar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡwaˈlado/ [i.ɣ̞waˈla.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: i‧gua‧la‧do

Adjective

igualado (feminine igualada, masculine plural igualados, feminine plural igualadas)

1. (colloquial, Mexico, Peru) overly familiar, forward

   Synonyms: confianzudo, descarado

   No sea igualado, aléjese.

   Don't be so forward, please keep your distance.

2. (colloquial, El Salvador) extravagant, social climber, arriviste, said of people who (mistakenly) think they are rich

   Synonym: arribista

   Así dicen los tipos igualados.

   That's what social-climbing sorts of people like to say.

   Ese defiende a los ricos porque es un igualado.

   He defends the rich because he imagines he's rich.

Participle

igualado (feminine igualada, masculine plural igualados, feminine plural igualadas)

1. past participle of igualar

Further reading

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