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jerga

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nounfeminine
  1. jargon; slang
  2. straw pallet, coarse cotton fringe, (in New Mexican Spanish) any floor covering or mat

Forms

noun

singularjerga
pluraljergas

Used in the library

  • Al principio era una jerga de ladrones; el nombre viene de "lombardo", que en la Italia del siglo diecinueve quería decir prestamista o estafador.At first it was a thieves' jargon; the name comes from "lombardo", which in nineteenth-century Italy meant moneylender or swindler.B2El lunfardo — Lunfardo

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