galimatías

See also: galimatias

Spanish

Etymology

From French galimatias, from Ancient Greek κατά Ματθαῖον (katá Matthaîon, “according to Matthew”), in reference to the way he describes the genealogy at the beginning of his Gospel.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡalimaˈtias/ [ɡa.li.maˈt̪i.as]
  • Rhymes: -ias
  • Syllabification: ga‧li‧ma‧tí‧as

Noun

galimatías m (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) gibberish, nonsense, jumble
    • 2020 September 6, “Las comunidades autónomas buscan a la desesperada reclutar a 39.000 profesores”, in El País‎:
      El proceso es un galimatías. La primera opción para la mayoría de comunidades es recurrir a las listas de los que no consiguieron plaza en otras oposiciones.
      The process is nonsense. The first option for most communities is to use the lists of those who did not get a place in other competitions.
  2. (colloquial) gallimaufry

References
  1. “galimatías”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading
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