tragaleguas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of traga (“to swallow”) +‎ leguas (“leagues (measurement equal to several miles)”).

Noun

tragaleguas m or f by sense (plural tragaleguas)

1. (colloquial) keen walker, or fast walker

Further reading

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