piltrafa
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Old Spanish *peltraza, from Vulgar Latin *pertrāctiāre (“to pull apart”), from Latin per- (“through”) + trahere (“to pull, drag”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]piltrafa f (plural piltrafas)
- scrap of meat
- offal, scrap, junk (object in very bad condition)
- rag
- skinny, feeble person
- someone pathetic/a wuss
Further reading
[edit]- “piltrafa”, 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
Categories:
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/afa
- Rhymes:Spanish/afa/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns