huidizo

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fugītīcius, from Latin fugere (“flee”). By surface analysis, huido +‎ -izo.

Adjective

huidizo (feminine huidiza, masculine plural huidizos, feminine plural huidizas)

  1. shy, timid
    • 2015 July 5, “Estar y no estar, esa es la cuestión”, in El País‎:
      Ocurre en Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, el último wéstern de Sam Peckinpah, donde encarna huidizo a un don nadie llamado Alias.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.