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ridículo

ridiculous

adjective rree-DEE-koo-loh Rare

Also means

absurd

Usage Note

Ridículo agrees in gender and number: un precio ridículo / una situación ridícula. As a noun, el ridículo means public embarrassment, and hacer el ridículo is the very common idiom 'to make a fool of oneself'. The related verb is ridiculizar (to ridicule).

Examples

"¡Qué precio tan ridículo!"

Natural Translation

What a ridiculous price!

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