tragaleguas
Spanish
editEtymology
editVerb-object compound, composed of traga (“to swallow”) + leguas (“leagues (measurement equal to several miles)”).
Noun
edittragaleguas m or f by sense (plural tragaleguas)
- (colloquial) keen walker, or fast walker
Further reading
edit- “tragaleguas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014