tragaperras
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Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of traga (“to swallow”) + perras (“cash, dough”).
Noun
tragaperras f (plural tragaperras)
- (Spain) slot machine (US), fruit machine (UK)
- Synonym: (Latin America) tragamonedas
- 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter V, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 74:
- Cuando salgo, le pregunto al vejete si tienen teléfono: hay uno al lado de una máquina tragaperras.
- When I leave, I ask the old guy if they have a telephone. "There's one next to the slot machine".
- (Spain, derogatory) cash grab
Further reading
- “tragaperras”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28