vicetiple
Spanish
Etymology
vice- + tiple
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /biθeˈtiple/ [bi.θeˈt̪i.ple]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /biseˈtiple/ [bi.seˈt̪i.ple]
- Rhymes: -iple
- Syllabification: vi‧ce‧ti‧ple
Noun
vicetiple f (plural vicetiples)
- singer of operettas, zarzuelas and similar spectacles
- 1997, Roberto Bolaño, “El Gusano”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:
- El bar se llamaba La Camelias y estaba lleno de mariachis y vicetiples.
- The bar was called La Camelias and it was full of mariachis and operetta singers.
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Further reading
- “vicetiple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014