estupidez

/estupiˈdeθ/ · B1 · noun · f

stupidity

🤪 estupidez = estúpido + -ez, the Spanish -ness ending: stupid-ness

From Latin stupidus, stunned, from stupere, to be stunned, which also gave English stupor. Spanish -ez turns adjectives into nouns, as in vejez (old age) from viejo. The final z sounds like th in thin in Spain.

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