andrajo

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish andrajo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: an‧dra‧jo

Noun

andrajo m (plural andrajos)

  1. rag
    Synonym: trapo

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Federico Corriente considers the Andalusian Arabic حَطْرَجْ (ḥaṭraj, “foolish”) that appears in Vocabulista in Arabico and that comes from the known root ه ت ر (h-t-r) (the same as مُهْتَر (muhtar, “disordered in his intellect”) in Lane’s lexicon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈdɾaxo/
  • Rhymes: -axo
  • Syllabification: an‧dra‧jo

Noun

andrajo m (plural andrajos)

  1. rags (as clothes)

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