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correctamundo

correctamundo interjection: correct.

Interjection

  1. (slang) correct
    • Correctamundo. I'll observe her.1977 September 13, Fred Fox, Jr., “Hollywood: Part 2”, in Jerry Paris, director, Happy Days, season 5, episode 2, spoken by Fonzie (Henry Winkler)
    • "I'm assuming today is still Saturday." "Correctamundo."1993, William Bernhardt, The Code of Buddyhood, Ballantine, →ISBN, →OL, page 119

Origin of correctamundo

From correct + -amundo as an intensifier; compare Spanish correctamente. Popularized by the character Fonzie on the sitcom Happy Days.

Questions about correctamundo

What does correctamundo mean?
Correctamundo means correct.
What part of speech is correctamundo?
Correctamundo is an interjection.

Words near correctamundo in the dictionary

  1. correct
  2. correct me if I'm wrong
  3. correcta
  4. correctability
  5. correctable
  6. correctamundo
  7. correctant
  8. correctants
  9. correcte
  10. corrected
  11. corrected time

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