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piropo

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nounmasculine
  1. compliment, flattering comment
  2. catcall; pick-up linea comment of a sexual nature, usually made toward a passing woman
  3. pyropea type of garnet

Forms

noun

singularpiropo
pluralpiropos

Used in the library

  • El piropo es un elogio dicho en la calle a alguien que uno no conoce.A piropo is a compliment said in the street to somebody one does not know.B2El piropo a debate — The Piropo, Argued Over
  • Se elogiaba con ingenio, no con descripción, y un piropo que decía lo evidente estaba mal hecho.One praised with wit, not with description, and a piropo that stated the obvious was badly made.B2El piropo a debate — The Piropo, Argued Over

Other ways to say it

  • adulaciónadulation; flattery
  • camelobluff, hoax, con; baloney (fake news)
  • florflower (structure in angiosperms); bloom, blossom (an expanded bud)
  • galanteríagallantry
  • halagoflattery; praise
  • lisonjaflattering comment
  • zalameríasycophancy; sweet-talk

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