trapero

m.

scrap dealer, garbage dump scavenger, junkman, scavenger.

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trapero

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (hombre) rag-and-bone man, US junkman; (mujer) rag-and-bone woman

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trapero, -a

1.

ADJ ver puñalada

2.

SM / F ragman/ragwoman

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-ra masculino, femenino

1)

a) (ropavejero) junkman (AmE), rag and bone man (BrE)

b) (CS fam) (aficionado a la ropa)

es una trapera — she's crazy about clothes (colloq)

2) trapero masculino (AmL) (para el suelo) floorcloth

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= rag-and-bone man, ragman.

Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.

Ex. As a teenager, he used to earn pocket change by collecting and selling recyclable newsprint with his uncle, a former old-time 'ragman'.

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* dar a Alguien una puñalada trapera = stab + Alguien + in the back.

* puñalada trapera = stab in the back.

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-ra masculino, femenino

1)

a) (ropavejero) junkman (AmE), rag and bone man (BrE)

b) (CS fam) (aficionado a la ropa)

es una trapera — she's crazy about clothes (colloq)

2) trapero masculino (AmL) (para el suelo) floorcloth

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= rag-and-bone man, ragman.

Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.

Ex: As a teenager, he used to earn pocket change by collecting and selling recyclable newsprint with his uncle, a former old-time 'ragman'.

* dar a Alguien una puñalada trapera = stab + Alguien + in the back.

* puñalada trapera = stab in the back.

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trapero¹ -ra

adjective

1 (fam) (aficionado de la ropa) crazy about clothes (colloq)

2 puñalada

trapero² -ra

masculine, feminine

A

1 (ropavejero) junkman (AmE), rag and bone man (BrE)

2

(CS fam) (aficionado a la ropa): es una trapera she's crazy about clothes (colloq), she's a real clothes horse (colloq)

B

trapero masculine (AmL) (para el suelo) floorcloth

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trapero

◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino

1 (ropavejero) junkman (AmE), rag and bone man (BrE)
2

◊ trapero sustantivo masculino (AmL) (para el suelo) floorcloth

trapero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino ragman
'trapero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
trapera
English:
rag-and-bone man

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trapero, -a

♦ adj

CSur Fam [aficionado a la ropa] clothes-mad, obsessed with clothes

♦ nm,f

1. [ropavejero] Br rag-and-bone man, US junkman

2. CSur Fam [aficionado a la ropa] clothes horse, fashion nut

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trapero

m, trapera f junk dealer, ragman, Br

rag-and-bone man