Polyglot Dictionary

earworm

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/ˈɪərwɜːrm/

noun B2
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
earworms

Meaning

  1. una canción que se te queda pegada en la cabeza y no puedes dejar de pensar en ella

    • That song is such an earworm, I can't stop humming it.

      Esa canción se me quedó pegada en la cabeza, no puedo dejar de tararearla.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

A modern English coinage — Spanish has to describe the idea ("canción pegajosa") instead of naming it with one word.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa earworm?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: That song is such an ___, I can't stop humming it.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a earworm?

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