bayuncada

Spanish

Etymology

From bayunco (“silly”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baʝunˈkada/ [ba.ʝũŋˈka.ð̞a]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /baʝunˈkada/ [ba.ʝũŋˈka.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /baʃunˈkada/ [ba.ʃũŋˈka.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /baʒunˈkada/ [ba.ʒũŋˈka.ð̞a]

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧yun‧ca‧da

Noun

bayuncada f (plural bayuncadas)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador) An act that is silly; silliness

   Synonym: tontería

   Por la bayuncada que hizo ella, todos estamos castigados

   We're all castigated due to the silliness she did.

Further reading

• “bayuncada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16