minga

minga

► nombre femenino

1 tabú dick

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I

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II

SF LAm

1) (=trabajo) voluntary communal labour o (EEUU) labor, cooperative work

2) (=equipo) crew o gang of cooperative workers

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femenino (Andes) farm work carried out in exchange for food

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femenino (Andes) farm work carried out in exchange for food

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minga

feminine

A (Esp vulg) (pene) prick (vulg), cock (vulg)

B (Andes) (faena) farm work carried out in exchange for food

C

(RPl fam): no tiene minga de tacto he hasn't an ounce of tact

hablar, habla mucho, pero minga de ayudar oh, she talks a lot, but she won't lift a finger o doesn't do a thing to help (colloq)

minga que se lo voy a dar like hell I'll give it to him! (colloq)

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minga¹ Fam

♦ nf

1. Esp [pene] Br willy, US peter

2. RP [negación]

hablé con él pero minga de conseguir lo que quería I spoke to him but there was no way he was going to give me what I wanted;

no tiene minga de oído para la música he's got absolutely no ear for music at all

♦ interj

RP

¿terminaste el trabajo? – ¡minga! ¡es larguísimo! have you finished the work? – you must be joking, it's taking ages!

minga² nf, mingaco nm

Andes

1. [trabajo] = farm labour done on holidays in exchange for a meal

2. [cooperación] = traditional communal labour performed in Andean rural communities;

Comp

hacer algo en minga to do sth as a group, to do sth as a joint effort