argot

argot
m.
1 slang.
2 argot, jargon, slang, slang used in a specific field or by a specific group.
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argot
► nombre masculino
1 (popular) slang
2 (técnico) jargon
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[ar'ɡo]
SM (pl argots) slang

argot pasota — dropout slang

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masculino (pl -gots) slang
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= slang, argot, slang word, cant, lingo.
Ex. Some specialized dictionaries cover acronyms, usage, pronunciation, spelling, etymology, slang, rhymes, and so on.
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. This essay traces the changing status of cant and vulgar languages in eighteenth-century Britain.
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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* argot de los cacos = thieves' cant.
* argot de los ladrones = thieves' cant.
* argot secreto de los cacos = thieves' cant.
* llena de argot = slangy.
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masculino (pl -gots) slang
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= slang, argot, slang word, cant, lingo.

Ex: Some specialized dictionaries cover acronyms, usage, pronunciation, spelling, etymology, slang, rhymes, and so on.

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: This essay traces the changing status of cant and vulgar languages in eighteenth-century Britain.
Ex: Every profession has its lingo, that is to say its list of frequently used terms familiar to practitioners of that profession.
* argot de los cacos = thieves' cant.
* argot de los ladrones = thieves' cant.
* argot secreto de los cacos = thieves' cant.
* llena de argot = slangy.

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argot
masculine
(pl -gots)
slang
el argot estudiantil student slang
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argot sustantivo masculino (pl
◊ -gots ) slang

argot m (de un grupo social) slang
(de un grupo profesional) jargon

'argot' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alucinar
- alucinante
- anfetamina
- basca
- caballo
- camella
- camello
- cantar
- canuto
- china
- chocolate
- chupa
- chutarse
- chute
- ciega
- ciego
- coca
- colega
- colgada
- colgado
- colocar
- colocarse
- costo
- enganchada
- enganchado
- enrollarse
- esnifar
- forzuda
- forzudo
- goma
- guiri
- hierba
- jerga
- kilo
- lechera
- macarra
- madero
- mangar
- maría
- molar
- mona
- mono
- mujer
- nieve
- picarse
- porro
- privar
- rajar
- talego
- telefonear
English:
beak
- bleeding
- bog
- bomb
- bonkers
- bop
- bozo
- bread
- bust
- buy
- buzz off
- clap
- cock up
- cold turkey
- come
- con
- cookie
- croak
- curtain
- do in
- dope
- dough
- drag
- dude
- dyke
- fairy
- fix
- flaky
- flash
- flog
- flophouse
- funky
- grand
- grass
- groovy
- grope
- grub
- grunge
- gut
- hash
- heavy
- high
- hole
- hooked
- hop
- horny
- hot air
- hot water
- in-your-face
- inside
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argot (pl argots) nm
1. [popular] slang
2. [técnico] jargon
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argot
m slang
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argot nm
: slang
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argot n
1. (coloquial) slang
los jóvenes utilizan mucho argot young people use a lot of slang
2. (profesional) jargon
el argot de los médicos doctors' jargon

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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  • argot — (n.) 1860, from Fr. argot (17c.) the jargon of Paris rogues and thieves, earlier the company of beggars, from M.Fr. argot, group of beggars, origin unknown. Gamillscheg suggests a connection to O.Fr. argoter to cut off the stubs left in pruning,… …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Argot — Ar got , n. [F. Of unknown origin.] A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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