Spanish Etymology From empalagar + -oso. Pronunciation IPA(key): /empalaˈɡoso/ [ẽm.pa.laˈɣ̞o.so] Rhymes: -oso Syllabification: em‧pa‧la‧go‧so Adjective empalagoso (feminine empalagosa, masculine plural empalagosos, feminine plural empalagosas) sickly sweet, cloying, treacly (of food or emotions) cloying, mawkish, bathetic cheesy, corny Synonyms: hortera, cursi Further reading “empalagoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10 Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.