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resbaladizo

slippery

adjective rres-bah-lah-DEE-soh Rare
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Also means

slick

Usage Note

Resbaladizo describes both physical surfaces (a wet floor, an icy road) and figurative situations that are hard to pin down or handle — a 'slippery' argument or a 'tricky' topic. The root verb resbalar means 'to slip', and the suffix -izo signals a tendency or propensity. For the simpler colloquial sense, speakers often prefer the shorter resbaloso, which is more common in Latin America.

Examples

"El suelo mojado estaba muy resbaladizo."

Natural Translation

The wet floor was very slippery.

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