jalopy

Significado (Inglés)

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

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

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.