cacemphaton

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• gazapatón — (Del cat. gasafeto o cacefato < occitano ant. cacemphaton < lat. cacemphaton < gr. kakemphaton, cosa malsonante, indecente o vulgar.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 Disparate o error en el hablar. TAMBIÉN gazafatón 2 Expresión malsonante que… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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• gazapatón — (Del grecolat. cacemphăton, dicho malsonante). 1. m. Expresión malsonante en que se incurre por inadvertencia o por mala pronunciación. 2. coloq. Disparate o yerro en el hablar …   Diccionario de la lengua española