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jet
  38

It is not Spanish, but it is used even if it is English or French because saying "a chorro" for that type of impulsion or propulsion does not sound good. See English/jet ( pr . yet ) . See jet set.

  
mezzopiano
  25

It is a designation of "moderate soft" in the intensity of music performance. It comes from the Italian mezzo ("medium") piano ("soft"). The abbreviation is mp.

  
geisha
  19

It is the way of calling in Japan a type of cultured courtesan, educated in arts and protocol who entertained attendees at social gatherings. Although in its beginnings the geisha were men, by the nineteenth century women were already the majority, who in the West were associated with the Greek hetairas and thus confused with luxury prostitutes. These artists have almost disappeared since the end of World War II. The name geisha is the English version for Japanese 33464; 32773; ( gueiyá "artist" ) where 33464; ( guei ) means "art" and 32773; ( ya ) is "person"; and used in Spanish with the pronunciation 'gueiya'. Although as in the seventeenth century there were more men than women, originally to differentiate them the name of 22899 was used; 33464; 32773; ( onna gueiya "geisha woman" ). See geiko .

  
pallet
  17

For Spanish it is an Anglicism, originated in the French palette (pallet "paleta") that was Castilianized directly from there as pallet ("platform that facilitates the stowage with crane or forklift"), although the version 'pallet' is widely used in Latin America pronounced as with long ele.

  
cartoon
  17

Cartoon ( pr . Cartúun ) is an English voice that is rarely used in Spanish, although sometimes we find it precisely to identify "animation or cartoons of American origin". It has a remote Greek etymology in 967; 945; 961; 964; 951; 962; ( cartes "papyrus" ), which was taken by Latin as a letter, ae and from there passed to Romance languages such as Italian cardboard or French carton, already with the meaning of "stamp, drawing on a cardboard or base sheet of tapestries", which was how English incorporated it in the seventeenth century and then name the caricatures in the nineteenth century, and already in the XX as a shortened form of animated cartoon. See comiquitas , anime.

  
cercenado
  24

1º_ As an adjective it is used for what is shortened and especially if it is mutilated. 2º_ Participle of the verb to curtail.

  
asabanado
  21

1º_ As an adjective it is said of the land that ceased to be fertile for cultivation. See savannah . 2º_ Participle of the verb asabanar .

  
retobado
  25

1º_ As an adjective it can mean "angry, angry, rebellious, indomitable", also "that is covered, lined, wrapped with leather or with some resistant fabric such as canvas or burlap". 2º_ Participle of the verb retobar .

  
revelado
  19

1º_ Adjective for what is discovered, put in evidence, which is no longer hidden. See unveiled, unveiled. 2º_ Participle of the verb to reveal .

  
piantado
  22

1º_ As an adjective it is used in lunfardo as "extracted, escaped, gone, insane". 2º_ Participle of the verb piantar .

  
dicho
  18

1º_ As an adjective qualifies the previously mentioned. 2º_ As a noun it is a short, popular expression, with a funny sense, sobering, malicious, . . . 3º_ Irregular participle of the verb to say .

  
gravado
  26

1º_ As an adjective it is said of what a lien, weight or tax burden has. 2º_ Participle of the verb to tax . For some mistake see record ("enroll, register").

  
hecho
  17

1º_ Action, work, event, subject. 2º_ As an adjective it is said of the "finished, finished in your invoice". 3º_ Irregular participle of the verb to do .

  
vinotinto
  9

1º_ It is a more adjusted name for the wine color, between dark red and purple. And yes, it is formed with the words wine and red ("dyed colored"). 2º_ It is one of the common names of the bird Cotinga pompadour, due to the color of its plumage. 3º_ It is the nickname of the Venezuelan football team, for the color of its shirt.

  
sinfonicocoral
  24

Relating to composition or performance involving an orchestra (usually symphonic) and a choir. See symphonic, choral.

  
lumpemproletariado
  26

A word coined in Marxist philosophy, it names those who in a capitalist society are even lower than the proletariat ("the working people, the working class") and are marginalized from society. While the expression proletarian (from the Latin proles, "set of children") was already known, the German voice lumpen ("rag, ragged") was added to it to form lumpenproletariat and give a name to beggars, thieves and prostitutes who are part of society but lack class consciousness.

  
prestanombre
  27

It is a way of calling a front man, who legally and fiscally handles as his own the goods and businesses of others, but only to protect and hide the true owner. The word is self-describing, because precisely what it does is lend its name to another person so that it does not have to appear on the papers. See verbs/lends .

  
trincarropa
  26

1º_ It is a very descriptive name for the brooch or clamp that is used to lashing clothes in the rope where they are hung to aerate or dry. 2º_ Due to the similar shape to the previous one, it is a common name of the insect Forficula auricularia. See earwig .

  
radiopatrulla
  24

Surveillance vehicle equipped with radio-frequency communication apparatus. See radio ( apocope ) , patrol .

  
lamebotas
  36

He has the same sense of "suckers," or "licks," an obsessive capable of humiliating himself before someone to gain their favor, such as polishing his boots with his tongue. See verbs/lame, bota (footwear).

  






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