Today I subscribed to the English-Spanish Concise Oxford dictionary through WordReference.com. And I must say; it’s worth every penny! Because of the great browsing feature of WordReference, I came across today’s word; gilipollez. You might have heard of the word gilipollas before, which means ‘jerk’ or ‘asshole’, but this one has a slightly different meaning.
The word gilipollez (mind the article, which is la) can be translated to ‘rubbish’ or ‘to talk garbage’ (decir gilipolleces). Next to that, it can also mean ’stupid’ or ’stupidity’.
Keep in mind that gilipollez, like gilipollas, it a pretty vulgar word. Also, it’s mainly used in Spain with the exception of the use of ‘rubbish’, which is used in some parts of Latin-America as well.
Sentences
No discutáis por esa gilipollez.
Don’t argue over a stupid.
Pagar tanto es una gilipollez.
It’s stupid paying that much.
Dejar ese trabajo tan bueno fue una gilipollez.
Quitting that job was a stupidity.
*Sentences taken from “Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary” and “EsPasa diccionario de la lengua española”.
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So what more do you get with the subscription? Just more/better example sentences?
It contains more words, more detailed definitions, grammar notes, more sentences, etc.
I tried to subscribe directly to the Oxford dictionaries, but their website plainly sucks and I can’t get them to accept my credit card.
gillipollas is perhaps the most common “strange word” on my favorite TV show
Fisica o Qumica antenna 3. Adults and students both use it constantly.
One of the most important words in spain to sound KOOL> jaja
Yup, gilipollas and de puta madre are two expressions you’ll hear all the time in that show. Lol, I know that some of my friends in Spain swear less than me in Spanish!
At first they’ll think it’s weird for a guiri to use these expressions, but when it’s appropriate (in the situation, because in fact they’re never appropriate
), they’ll soon get used to it. I even got some of my friends say tío constantly because I always say it.