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Adjective
remolón (feminine remolona, masculine plural remolones, feminine plural remolonas)
- (colloquial) lazy, idle
1905, Godofredo Daireaux, “La burra y el potrillo”, in Fábulas argentinas:Lo crió bien y de madre le sirvió. Pero le enseñó desde chiquito tantas mañas y tantas burradas, que toda su vida quedó el potrillo remolón y testarudo, y que poco faltó para que también le saliera una cruz en las espaldas y aprendiera a rebuznar.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial) foolish
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Noun
remolón m (plural remolones, feminine remolona, feminine plural remolonas)
- slacker, idle person
1896, Ricardo Palma, Tradiciones peruanas - Octava serie:El Señor, de rato en rato, metía la mano en la manga y llevaba a la boca una cereza; y como quien no quiere la cosa, al descuido y con cuidado dejaba caer otra, que San Pedro sin hacerse el remolón se agachaba a recoger, engulléndosela en el acto.- Every so often The Lord put his hand up his sleeve and brought out a cherry to eat, and without a care in the world, accidentally or on purpose, would drop another on the ground, which Saint Peter, without idleness, would bend down to scoop up and eat.
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