grogui

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English groggy, from its use in boxing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾoɡi/ [ˈɡɾo.ɣ̞i]
• Rhymes: -oɡi
• Syllabification: gro‧gui

Adjective

grogui m or f (masculine and feminine plural groguis)

1. groggy
   • 2020 October 11, Alejandro Ciriza, El País‎^[1]:

     El sopapo del rosco - solo uno antes, en la final del año pasado en Roma- le deja grogui.

     The smack in the face from the "duck" [0 score, i.e. losing the set 0-6], which happened just once before, in last year's final in Rome, left him groggy.

Further reading

• “grogui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014