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Spanish
Etymology
Possibly from arrapo, a variant of harapo (“rag”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /araˈpjeθo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /araˈpjeso/
- Rhymes: -eθo
- Rhymes: -eso
- Syllabification: a‧rra‧pie‧zo
Noun
arrapiezo m (plural arrapiezos, feminine arrapieza, feminine plural arrapiezas)
- (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
- rag
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