trapo

From Late Latin drappus (“piece of cloth”), from Indo-European origin (confer Lithuanian drãpanos (“clothes, laundry”)), but probably neither Germanic nor Celtic.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾapo̝/

trapo m (plural trapos)

1. cloth (woven fabric)

   Synonym: pano

2. tatter; rag

   Synonyms: farrapo, galdrapo, milfo

3. diaper

   Synonym: cueiro

4. sail (piece of fabric attached to a boat)

   Synonym: pano

• a todo trapo
• trapallo
• trapallada
• trapalleiro

• “trapo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “trapo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “trapo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “trapo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Late Latin trapus, alternative form of drappus (“piece of cloth”), probably from Frankish *drapi, *drāpi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to beat, crush, make or become thick”)

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.pu/

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• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.po/
• Hyphenation: tra‧po
• Rhymes: -apu

trapo m (plural trapos)

1. tatter (a shred of torn cloth)
2. rag (piece of old cloth)

• farrapo, frangalho, pano

• a todo trapo
• estar um trapo

From Late Latin drappus (“cloth”), probably from Frankish *drapi, *drāpi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”). Compare French drap, drapeau.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɾa̠.po̞]
• See also: trabo, atrapo, trepo, tropo

trapo m (plural trapos)

1. (cloth) rag
2. (cloth) any piece of cloth
3. (cleansing) any fabric or paper piece for clean, wash or dry (tea towel, dish towel, dish cloth, dust cloth, car towel, damp cloth)

   Synonym: paño

4. (figuratively) clothing, clothes

   Synonyms: ropa, traste

• Trapo is a false friend of English trap; actual translations of trap into Spanish are trampa (noun) and atrapar (verb).

Borrowed from Spanish trapo (“rag”).

trapo

1. rag; cleaning rag

Contraction of English words traditional and politician.

trapo

1. (derogatory) a corrupt politician.