mesetario
Spanish
Etymology
meseta (“plateau”) + -ario
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meseˈtaɾjo/ [me.seˈt̪a.ɾjo]
- Rhymes: -aɾjo
- Syllabification: me‧se‧ta‧rio
Adjective
mesetario (feminine mesetaria, masculine plural mesetarios, feminine plural mesetarias)
- (Spain, geography, relational) relating to the Meseta Central plateau (the large interior plateau of the Iberian Peninsula)
Noun
mesetario m (plural mesetarios, feminine mesetaria, feminine plural mesetarias)
- (Spain, sometimes derogatory) a person from the interior of Spain (i.e. from the Meseta Central plateau), especially someone from Madrid
Usage notes
Primarily used as an insult by speakers from Catalonia, Valencia, and Andalusia.[1]
References
- “¿Mesetario un insulto? El orgullo de la España interior ya tiene su camiseta.”, in Soria noticias, 2019: “especialmente por la gente del Levante y de Andalucía”
Further reading
- “mesetario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014