- rabona
- SF1)
hacer (la) rabona — (Escol) to play truant, skip school, play hookey (EEUU) *
2) LAm (=prostituta) camp follower* * *femenino (prostituta) camp-followerhacerse (la) rabona — (fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
* * *= truancy.Ex. A prime reason for an illiteracy level of approximately 25% in Jamaica is that schooling takes second place to family agricultural tasks; this situation encourages deliberate truancy.----* alumno que hace rabona = school truant, truant.* hacer rabona = play + hooky, play + truant, skip + class.* * *femenino (prostituta) camp-followerhacerse (la) rabona — (fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
* * *= truancy.Ex: A prime reason for an illiteracy level of approximately 25% in Jamaica is that schooling takes second place to family agricultural tasks; this situation encourages deliberate truancy.
* alumno que hace rabona = school truant, truant.* hacer rabona = play + hooky, play + truant, skip + class.* * *rabonafeminine(prostituta) camp-followerhacer rabona or (RPI) hacerse la rabona (fam); to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)* * *rabona nfRP Famhacerse la rabona Br to bunk off, US to play hookey* * *rabonaf Rpl fam:hacerse la rabona play hooky fam , play truant
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.