jerga

f.

1 jargon.

2 sackcloth, straw mattress.

3 floorcloth, wiper, floor cloth.

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jerga

► nombre femenino

1 (lenguaje) jargon

2 peyorativo (jerigonza) gibberish, jargon

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jerga

► nombre femenino

1 (tela) serge

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noun f.

jargon

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I

SF

1) (=lenguaje) jargon

jerga de germanía — criminal slang

jerga informática — computer jargon

jerga publicitaria — sales jargon

2) (=galimatías) gibberish

II

SF

1) (=tela) coarse cloth, sackcloth

2) Méx floor cloth

3) LAm (=manta) horse blanket

4) And coarse cloak

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femenino

1)

a) (de gremio, profesión) jargon; (de los adolescentes) slang

b) (galimatías) mumbo jumbo (colloq)

2) (Méx) (trapo) floorcloth

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= jargon, parlance, technospeak, argot, slang word, , lingo.

Ex. Thus popular or common names of subjects are included in preference to technical or specialist jargon.

Ex. For example, in psychology, S for subject, and E for experimenter are common parlance.

Ex. This article demystifies the technospeak surrounding the concept of workflow.

Ex. To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.

Ex. Wine lovers around the world have joyously adopted the British slang word 'plonk' to describe poor, cheap wine.

Ex. Every profession has its lingo, that is to say its list of frequently used terms familiar to practitioners of that profession.

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* jerga burocrática = officialese.

* jerga de las iniciales = initialese.

* jerga de los abogados = legalease.

* jerga de una disciplina = subject jargon.

* jerga informática = computerese, geek speak.

* jerga legal = legalease.

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femenino

1)

a) (de gremio, profesión) jargon; (de los adolescentes) slang

b) (galimatías) mumbo jumbo (colloq)

2) (Méx) (trapo) floorcloth

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= jargon, parlance, technospeak, argot, slang word, , lingo.

Ex: Thus popular or common names of subjects are included in preference to technical or specialist jargon.

Ex: For example, in psychology, S for subject, and E for experimenter are common parlance.

Ex: This article demystifies the technospeak surrounding the concept of workflow.

Ex: To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.

Ex: Wine lovers around the world have joyously adopted the British slang word 'plonk' to describe poor, cheap wine.

Ex: Every profession has its lingo, that is to say its list of frequently used terms familiar to practitioners of that profession.

* jerga burocrática = officialese.

* jerga de las iniciales = initialese.

* jerga de los abogados = legalease.

* jerga de una disciplina = subject jargon.

* jerga informática = computerese, geek speak.

* jerga legal = legalease.

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jerga

feminine

A

1 (de un gremio, una profesión) jargon

la jerga de los adolescentes/drogadictos teenage/drug addicts' slang

jerga técnica technical jargon

2 (galimatías) gobbledygook (colloq), mumbo jumbo (colloq)

B (Méx) (trapo) floorcloth

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jerga sustantivo femenino
1

a) (de gremio, profesión) jargon;

(de los adolescentes) slang

b) (galimatías) mumbo jumbo (colloq)

2 (Méx) (trapo) floorcloth
jerga f (de un grupo profesional) jargon
jerga médica, medical jargon
(argot) slang: en su jerga pibe significa hombre, pibe means bloke in slang
'jerga' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
manga
English:
jargon
- lingo
- slang

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jerga nf

1. [habla] jargon;

la jerga juvenil youth slang;

la jerga periodística journalese

2. [galimatías] gibberish

3. Méx, RP [manta de caballo] saddle blanket

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jerga

f jargon; (argot) slang;

jerga del hampa underworld slang

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jerga nf

1) : jargon, slang

2) : coarse cloth