jalopy

(Anglès)

1. (US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
2. (US, dated, slang) A hip, cool, groovy automobile.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Unknown. Perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico (now Xalapa), to whose scrapyards used cars were often sent from New Orleans starting in the 1920s. First recorded written use in 1924.

Conceptes

cafetera

trasto

Sinònims

old conveyance

dilapidated conveyance

clunker

bus

🚌

rattle-trap

heap

hooptie

crate

rattletrap

old car

bucket

🪣

Traduccions

bagnarola

🛁

calhambeque

bote

⛵

guimbarde

παλιοαεροπλάνο

Chaise

σαραβαλάκι

épave

caffettiera

carretta

catenaccio

catorcio

macinino

trabiccolo

wrak