abacanado
Spanish, adjective/abakaˈnado/
abacanado is spelled A-B-A-C-A-N-A-D-O (9 letters). Abacanado is a Spanish adjective meaning “snobby” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of abacanar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de una persona: que ha mejorado de fortuna aumentando sus bienes”.
What does abacanado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
snobby
- 2
someone who would like to be considered high class but is not
- 3
colloquialpretending to be high class in a satirical manner
verb
- 1
past participle of abacanar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona: que ha mejorado de fortuna aumentando sus bienes. 2. Que presume de riqueza, especialmente mal adquirida o de reciente cuño. 3. Que se comporta con prepotencia o presunción.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abacanado
- abacanada feminine
- abacanados masculine plural
- abacanadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abacanado?
- /abakaˈnado/
- [a.β̞a.kaˈna.ð̞o]
- [aβ̞akaˈnað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.