trampilla

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Spanish

Etymology

From trampa +‎ -illa.

Noun

trampilla f (plural trampillas)

  1. hatchway, trapdoor
    • 2015 July 13, “La fuga de El Chapo desata un vendaval político en México”, in El País:
      La trampilla que cerró El Chapo cuando se dio a la fuga ha dejado atrapado al Gobierno mexicano.
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