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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish andrajo.
Pronunciation
Noun
andrajo m (plural andrajos)
- rag
- Synonym: trapo
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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)
- rags (as clothes)
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