galimatías

f. s.&pl.

1 gibberish, double-talk, doubletalk, double Dutch.

2 galimatias.

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galimatías

► nombre masculino invariable

1 familiar gibberish, double Dutch

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SM INV (=asunto) rigmarole; (=lenguaje) gibberish, nonsense

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masculino (pl galimatías) (lenguaje incomprensible) gibberish; (de cosas, ideas) jumble

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= welter, gibberish, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, gobbledygook [gobbledegook], mumbo jumbo, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex. 'Gibberish' in information science jeopardises the current state of archival literature and practice.

Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex. Tired of printing scientific gobbledygook that almost no one can read, one of the world's top science journals has ordered its authors to write plain English.

Ex. This is all the legal mumbo jumbo that protects me from some random lawsuit for god only knows what.

Ex. She sensed intelligence behind this rigmarole, but it was meaningless to her.

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masculino (pl galimatías) (lenguaje incomprensible) gibberish; (de cosas, ideas) jumble

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= welter, gibberish, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, gobbledygook [gobbledegook], mumbo jumbo, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex: 'Gibberish' in information science jeopardises the current state of archival literature and practice.

Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex: Tired of printing scientific gobbledygook that almost no one can read, one of the world's top science journals has ordered its authors to write plain English.

Ex: This is all the legal mumbo jumbo that protects me from some random lawsuit for god only knows what.

Ex: She sensed intelligence behind this rigmarole, but it was meaningless to her.

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galimatías

masculine

(pl galimatías)

con ese galimatías de explicación nadie entendió nada his explanation was pure gibberish o pure gobbledygook o double Dutch and nobody understood a word

es un galimatías de fórmulas it's just a confusing mass of formulas

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galimatías sustantivo masculino (pl

◊ galimatías ) (lenguaje incomprensible) gibberish;

(de cosas, ideas) jumble
galimatías m inv fam gibberish: este informe es un auténtico galimatías, this report is written in gobbledygook
'galimatías' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jerga
English:
gibberish

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galimatías nm inv

Fam

las instrucciones de esta lavadora son un galimatías the instructions for this washing machine are complete gibberish;

su explicación fue un galimatías his explanation was in double Dutch;

el debate acabó en un auténtico galimatías the debate ended up in a free-for-all

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galimatías

m gibberish

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galimatías nms & pl

: gibberish, nonsense