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noun, feminine

jerigonza

/xeɾiˈɡonθa/

noun, feminine/xeɾiˈɡonθa/plural: jerigonzas

jargon; gibberish; a language game like Pig Latin or backslang; a game in which the letter p is inserted after every syllable (or sometimes distinguished as jeringozo, if every vowel)

No entendían los cabreros aquella jerigonza de escuderos y de caballeros andantes, y no hacían otra cosa que comer y callar, y mirar a sus huéspedes, que, con mucho donaire y gana, embaulaban tasajo como el puño.The goatherds did not understand this jargon about squires and knights-errant, and all they did was to eat in silence and stare at their guests, who with great elegance and appetite were stowing away pieces as big as one's fist.

Synonyms: galimatías, vesre

From Occitan gergons, from Old Occitan gergon, from Old French jargon.