andoba

Spanish

Etymology

From Caló andoba.

Noun

andoba m (plural andobas)

1. nobody (a person whose name is not mentioned)
   • 1983, Antonio Martínez Cerezo, El otoño de una primavera, page 109:

     A Pallarés se acercó un andoba con ganas de magreo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “andoba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10