pipirisnáis
Spanish
Etymology
Perhaps from *peoples nice, meant to be 'nice people' but constructed following Spanish grammar (cf. personas agradables); or perhaps from *people is nice, similarly using Spanish grammar (cf. la gente es agradable). Conceivably influenced by pizpireto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pipiɾisˈnais/, [pipiɾizˈnai̯s]
- Rhymes: -ais
- Hyphenation: pi‧pi‧ris‧náis
Adjective
pipirisnáis (plural pipirisnáis)
- (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) expensive and fancy (said of an object)
- Le compró joyería pipirisnáis. ― He bought her some expensive and fancy jewellery..
- (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) fancy and well made-up (said of a person's look)
- Se ven pipirisnáis, listas para la fiesta. ― They look fancy, ready for the party.