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empalagoso

/empalaˈɡoso/

adjective/empalaˈɡoso/

sickly sweet, cloying, treacly (of food or emotions); cloying, mawkish, bathetic; cheesy, corny

Synonyms: hortera, cursi

Etymology tree Spanish empalagar Latin -ōsus Old Spanish -oso Spanish -oso Spanish empalagoso From empalagar + -oso.