mojigato

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• IPA^(key): /moxiˈɡato/ [mo.xiˈɣ̞a.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: mo‧ji‧ga‧to

mojigato (feminine mojigata, masculine plural mojigatos, feminine plural mojigatas)

1. sanctimonious (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
2. prim; prudish

   Synonym: pudibundo

• “mojigato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16