meliante
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish maleante.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: me‧li‧an‧te
Noun
[edit]meliante m or f by sense (plural meliantes)
- delinquent, criminal, outlaw
- Synonyms: delinquente, bandido, criminoso
- layabout (someone who does not work)
- Synonym: vagabundo
- (figuratively) a despicable, shameless person
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