pingajo

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Noun

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pingajo m (plural pingajos)

  1. rag
    Synonym: harapo
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:
      Los cables colgaban en pingajos de los plafones desconchados por la brusquedad del esfuerzo
      Like rags were the wires hanging from the ceilings chipped coarsely by the effort
  2. ragged person

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