cuajado

Spanish

Alternative forms

cuajao (Andalusia, colloquial)

Etymology

Past participle of cuajar. Equivalent to cuajar +‎ -ado. The colloquial meaning is a culinary metaphor: just as a liquid (like milk or beaten eggs) "sets" or coagulates and stops flowing, a person who is cuajado is perceived as mentally "set," slow to react, or lacking energy and initiative.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) /kwaˈxado/ [kwaˈxa.ð̞o], (colloquial) /kwaˈxao/ [kwaˈxa.o]
Rhymes: -ado, -ao
Syllabification: cua‧ja‧do

Adjective

cuajado (feminine cuajada, masculine plural cuajados, feminine plural cuajadas)

(cooking) curdled, coagulated, set (of a liquid, such as milk or eggs, that has thickened or solidified).
Para esta tortilla necesitamos que el huevo esté bien cuajado.
For this omelet we need the egg to be well set.
(Spain, colloquial, derogatory) dazed, slow, clueless, passive; lacking initiative or quick reflexes.
Espabila ya, que estás muy cuajado.
Wake up already, you're very slow/spaced out.

Ese chaval es un cuajao, nunca se entera de nada.
That kid is clueless/passive, he never realizes what's going on.

Synonyms

(dazed, slow): Synonyms: alobado, apardalado, empanado, atolondrado, (colloquial) pasmao

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