currante

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Spanish

Etymology

From currar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈrante/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: cu‧rran‧te

Adjective

currante m or f (masculine and feminine plural currantes)

  1. hard-working
    Synonym: trabajador

Noun

currante m or f by sense (plural currantes)

  1. worker
    Synonyms: trabajador, currito
    • 2015 September 17, “Cataluña extrema (IV)”, in El País:
      Predominan los currantes ucranianos, rumanos y senegaleses, pero el ajetreo de los tornos contabiliza rutinariamente medio centenar de nacionalidades.
      Ukrainian, Romanian, and Senegalese workers predominate, but the rush of the turnstiles routinely counts fifty nationalities.

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