Meanings
nounjerigonza (uncountable)
- uncountableA language game in Spanish in which the letter p is inserted after every syllable.
In Jerigonza, a /p/ is placed after each vowel and then is followed by a copy of that vowel.
1991, Natalie Lefkowitz, Talking Backwards, Looking Forwards: The French Language Game Verlan, Gunter Narr Verlag, →ISBN, page 121 more example
In the Spanish language game Jerigonza, often used by younger speakers as a secret speech code, intrusive vowels are invisible.
2005 January 1, Randall Scott Gess, Edward J. Rubin, Theoretical and Experimental Approaches to Romance Linguistics: Selected Papers from the 34th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Salt Lake City, March 2004, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 57
Origin
- Spanishjerigonza
- Spanishjerigonza
- Englishjerigonza
Borrowed from Spanish jerigonza.
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APA
jerigonza. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jerigonza
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“jerigonza.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jerigonza. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jerigonza,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jerigonza.
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