requiebro

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Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /reˈkjebɾo/ [reˈkje.β̞ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -ebɾo
  • Syllabification: re‧quie‧bro

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal from requebrar.

Noun[edit]

requiebro m (plural requiebros)

  1. a flattering comment

|Capítulo I]]

”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

[] , y más cuando llegaba a leer aquellos requiebros y cartas de desafíos, []
[] , especially when he got to read those flatteries and cartels, []

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

requiebro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of requebrar

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