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furoya
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  Value Position Position 2 2 Accepted meanings 15425 2 Obtained votes 141 2 Votes by meaning 0.01 7 Inquiries 457754 3 Queries by meaning 30 7 Feed + Pdf

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franela
  61

1º_ Polishing cloth. Fabric conque is made the rag, which also serves to make clothes. 2º_ T-shirt, t-shirt, t-shirt, casual clothes without buttons to cover the torso. 3º_ In lunfardo 'to make flannel' is to go to the brothels only to talk with the girls. It is a version of the French fair flanelle ("to make flannel" ), with the same usage. 4º_ Also in lunfardo it is a physical and sexual contact, but when it is known that there will be no consummation, only kisses, caresses, groping. It comes from the previous meaning, and by extension is also used for a show of physical affection, although it has no erotic intention. See flannel (lunfa) .

  
enrobinar
  37

Rust, cover with rust or robin. It is used more as a pronominal.

  
sobrecalificar
  40

It is said when someone has more knowledge, title and/or merits than necessary for a task.

  
melaminizar
  26

Coat or combine with melamine.

  
rampar
  60

It is a verb with origin in the adjective 'rampant', such as taking that attitude or posture, but also to the fact of climbing or crawling helping with the hands as claws.

  
desquiciar
  60

It would literally be "removing or releasing a quicio to disengage mechanical parts" (such as door hinges), but it is used only figuratively, as "removing or making someone lose their emotional structure by releasing the cracks that keep them stable".

  
cartón lleno
  33

It is an expression used in the game of lottery of cards or bingo, just when it is won by completing all the numbers on the cardboard. It has a figurative sense – or two – just like "singing bingo", but it is used less as "getting something by luck" and much more for "situation that exceeds the tolerable"; perhaps as a euphemism for "full balls". See embolar .

  
cantar bingo
  34

1º_ This expression has a literal meaning in the game of bingo or lottery of cards, since it is sung or shouted Bingo! when all the numbers on the own cardboard are filled. 2º_ It has a figurative sense to express that a victory related to luck was obtained, when something is found despite the low probabilities of finding it. 3º_ Another interpretation closer to irony is to express weariness or saturation for something, as if the situation, patience, were already full, comparing them with the full cardboard. See embolar .

  
salir del cascarón
  38

This locution refers to the real situation of an animal (especially a bird) that breaks the eggshell where it was born, and compares it with someone who leaves his comfort zone, the environment or situation in which he is locked up, to face something broader, a new life.

  
a pan y manteles
  38

Of garrón, to live in someone else's house without contributing anything. It refers to the hospitality offered. See have bread and tablecloths, bread and knife, table and tablecloth.

  
ley del silencio
  37

A "law of silence" is a mandate of closed organizations, fraternities, and especially mafia groups whereby any act that concerns them should not be mentioned outside their circle, particularly if it is a crime. See omertá .

  
topónimo
  40

It is a name referring to a geographical place. From the Greek 964; 959; 960; 959; 962; ( moles "place" ) 959; 957; 959; 956; 945; ( onoma "name") .

  
itífalo
  46

1º_ The 'itífalo' is an amulet used in antiquity by Greeks and Egyptians to protect themselves from evils such as envy. The Greek name consists of the voices 953; 952; 965; 962; ( íthys "straight, upright") and 966; 945; 955; 955; 959; 962; (phallós "penis" ), since it had the shape of a penis in erection . 2º_ It is also one of the epithets of Triapus (god of fertility) and a qualification for Hermes in its first versions.

  
amorfo
  53

It is said of what "has no organized form, function or structure" . It is used in chemistry to describe "matter with unstructured particles", different from crystals that are ordered and well defined. Figuratively speaking it is "without character or personality" . It has Greek origin as 945; 956; 959; 961; 966; 959; 962; ( amorphous "formless, functionless") .

  
orgasmo
  37

Culmination or climax that produces sexual pleasure. From the Greek 959; 961; 947; 945; 969; ( orgao "desire with fury") . See chiqué .

  
político
  35

Concerning the policy . Spanish takes it from the Latin politicus , but the origin is Greek from 960; 959; 955; 953; 964; 953; 954; 959; 962; ( politikós "relative to the city or state , to its government or administration" ) , formed by 960; 959; 955; 953; 962; ( polis "city , State") 953; 954; 959; 962; ( -ikos "relative to" ) .

  
edredoning
  43

It's not even Spanglish, it's a television invention they use on a reality show to name a sexual relationship that is practiced under a duvet. The goal is for the situation to be clearly interpreted on camera, but not to violate the morality standards for the TV show. See big brother .

  
cochinet
  49

In Argentina it was a derogatory neologism (along with the other journalistic invention ñoquicet) to criticize the Conicet ("National Council of Scientific and Technical Research") . See pig , and since we are also gnochi (lunfardo ) ; by some omission see El Cochinet .

  
bozalandia
  28

Another neologism invented by the deniers, in this case to ridicule the massive use of raincoats in some region, comparing them to muzzles. It appeared during the covid-19 pandemic, when in many cities it became mandatory to cover your mouth and nose in public places. See suffix -landia ( "place , region" ) .

  
desobjeto
  39

Inflection of the verb 10060;desobjetar (" "remove an objection") ? The truth is that if it is not Portuguese, in Spanish it would be a beget that is used by "a being who is no longer treated as an object" . See object .

  




       


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