guiñapo

/ɡiˈɲapo/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
guiñapos

Meaning

  1. rag

    • Quedó hecho un guiñapo.

      He ended up a wreck.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

andrajo

guiñapo can also figuratively describe a person in bad shape or a wreck; andrajo is more literally a rag or tattered piece of clothing.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

trapo

trapo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "rag."

Practice

1 What does guiñapo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Quedó hecho un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches guiñapo?

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