jalopy

(Inglés)

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

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

bote

⛵

cacharro

fotinga

carro destartalado

Sinónimos

old conveyance

dilapidated conveyance

clunker

bus

🚌

rattle-trap

heap

hooptie

crate

rattletrap

old car

bucket

🪣

Traducciones

bagnarola

🛁

παλιοαεροπλάνο

Chaise

guimbarde

calhambeque

σαραβαλάκι

σακαράκα

παλαιό αυτοκίνητο

σαράβαλο

épave

caffettiera

carretta

catenaccio

catorcio

macinino