fifí
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el fifí(
fee
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fee
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (colloquial) (old-fashioned) (pejorative) (effeminate man) (Central America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
a. sissy (colloquial) (pejorative)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
¿No te parece que habla y viste como un fifí? - Bueno, yo solo diría que tiene una imagen andrógina.Don't you think he talks and dresses like a sissy? - Well, I'd just say he has an androgynous image.
This means that the noun can be masculine or feminine, depending on the gender of the noun it refers to (e.g., el doctor, la doctora).
2. (colloquial) (member of the middle or upper class) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Mexico
a. bougie (colloquial) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
Ese es un bar elegante al que van los fifís.That's a fancy bar where the bougies like to go.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
3. (colloquial) (old-fashioned) (pejorative) (effeminate) (Central America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
a. sissy (colloquial) (pejorative)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
¿Te vas a comprar el traje en esa tienda? A mí no me gusta. Tienen ropa muy fifí.Are you going to buy your suit in that store? I don't like it. They have very sissy clothes.
4. (colloquial) (old-fashioned) (finicky)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
a. fussy
Ese chico es muy fifí con la comida; nada le gusta.That boy is a very fussy eater; he doesn't like anything.
5. (colloquial) (old-fashioned) (sappy)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
a. corny
Qué sombrero más fifí. - ¿Cuál? ¿Ese del floripondio?What a corny hat. - Which one? That one with the big flowery thing?
6. (colloquial) (member of the middle or upper class) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Mexico
a. bougie (colloquial) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
No me gusta juntarme con tus amigos fifí.I don't like hanging out with your bougie friends.
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