marrajo

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Spanish

Etymology

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Adjective

marrajo (feminine marraja, masculine plural marrajos, feminine plural marrajas)

  1. (bullfighting) vicious, dangerous
    • 2015 July 6, “Digno debut en Las Ventas del novillero Miguel Ángel Silva”, in El País:
      El sexto fue un marrajo, con la cara suelta, acostándose y volviéndose en una baldosa, con el que Silva hizo una apuesta firme y sincera para solventar la papeleta.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

marrajo m (plural marrajos)

  1. shortfin mako shark, blue pointer (Isurus oxyrinchus)

Descendants

  • Catalan: marraix

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