Spanish

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Etymology

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Possibly from arrapo, a variant of harapo (rag).

Pronunciation

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  • 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

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arrapiezo m (plural arrapiezos, feminine arrapieza, feminine plural arrapiezas)

  1. (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 []
  2. rag

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