macabro
Pronunciation: /maˈkabɾo/
“macabro” is a Spanish word. Its meaning in English:
adjective
In Spanish
- Que produce emociones de repulsión similares a las que producen los cadáveres y lo mortuorio, o que tiene características asociadas con ello.
- Se dice también de la persona que gusta cosas relacionadas con la muerte, lo funerario y lo cadavérico.
- Se aplica a un género literario en que se privilegian los temas relacionados con la muerte, lo fantasmal, el misterio y lo cadavérico.
Etymology
Borrowed from French macabre, of uncertain origin; most commonly believed to be a corruption of the biblical name Maccabees. Some derive it from Arabic مَقَابِر (maqābir, “cemetery”), plural of مَقْبَرَة (maqbara).
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