deleznable

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish deleznar

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish deleznable

From deleznar (“to slip”) + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deleθˈnable/ [d̪e.leθ̬ˈna.β̞le] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /delesˈnable/ [d̪e.lezˈna.β̞le] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: de‧lez‧na‧ble

Adjective

deleznable m or f (masculine and feminine plural deleznables)

1. worthless, useless, good-for-nothing
   • 1883, Emilia Pardo Bazán, La Tribuna:

     El que viese aquellos cañutos dorados, ligeros y deleznables como las ilusiones de la niñez, no podía figurarse el trabajo ímprobo que representaba su elaboración.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. weak (of a material)
3. slippery
4. appalling
5. contemptible

Further reading

• “deleznable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026