arrapiezo
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from arrapo, a variant of harapo (“rag”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /araˈpjeθo/ [a.raˈpje.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /araˈpjeso/ [a.raˈpje.so]
- Rhymes: -eθo
- Rhymes: -eso
- Syllabification: a‧rra‧pie‧zo
Noun
[edit]arrapiezo m (plural arrapiezos, feminine arrapieza, feminine plural arrapiezas)
- (derogatory or humorous) ragamuffin, whippersnapper
- 1911, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Dulce sueño:
- La gente también me escudriña, ávida de acercarse, con hostil e irónica curiosidad chulesca. Todos ellos -mendigos, arrapiezos, golfería, lavanderas, obreros […]
- The people were also eying me up, keen to approach, with a hostile, ironic and cocky curiosity. All of them, beggars, ragamuffins, scoundrels, washerwomen, laborers […]
- rag
Further reading
[edit]- “arrapiezo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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