rag

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (especially, in-plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).
2. A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
3. (derogatory) A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.
4. A ragged edge in metalworking.
5. (slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
6. (plural, singular, slang) Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
7. (derogatory, slang) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
8. A poor, low-ranking kicker.
9. (slang) A curtain of various kinds.
10. (dated) A person suffering from exhaustion or lack of energy.
11. (obsolete, slang) A banknote.
12. An uneven vertical margin (of a block of type).

Verb

1. (transitive) To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
2. (intransitive) To become tattered.
3. (euphemistic, intransitive, slang, sometimes, vulgar) To menstruate.

Verb

1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

Verb

1. To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
2. (British, slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
3. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
2. (informal, intransitive) To dance to ragtime music.
3. (obsolete) To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.

Conceptos

trapo

andrajo

harapo

jirón

trozo

pañuelo

pedazo

despojo

reprender

frustrar

provocar

molestar

papel

rechazar

regañar

reprochar

tomar el pelo

zumbar

andrajos

dar una paliza

harapos

incomodar

increpar

llamar la atención

remiendo

tableta

tabloide

vociferar

zumbarse de

ragtime

reconvenir

pingajo

arapo

tela vieja

rebaba

echar una reprimenda

poner verde

reprender a gritos

tener unas palabras

befarse

cachondearse

chotearse

chungearse

pitorrearse

recochinearse

periódico sensacionalista

amonestar

harrapo

ánade

🦆

burla

Sinónimos

shred

tatter

cloth

scrap

patch

piece of cloth

tease

handkerchief

rags

tatters

nark

torment

gravel

chafe

irritate

get at

scold

duster

rile

reproof

reprimand

clout

razz

bother

nettle

vex

chide

chew up

tag end

tissue

tabloid

tattered cloth

sheet

get to

devil

call down

annoy

rag week

burr

crucify

ride

rib

cod

rebuke

frustrate

ragtime

rally

remonstrate

row

flash

Traducciones

chiffon

haillon

straccio

Lumpen

Lappen

trapo

cencio

Fetzen

vod

lambeau

κουρέλι

lap

farrapo

lomp

lor

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹæɡ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: ragge

Heredado de inglés antiguo: ragg

Cognado con sueco: ragg

In summary

From Middle English ragge, from Old English ragg (suggested by derivative raggiġ (“shaggy; bristly; ragged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“tuft; shagginess”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwa-, probably related to *rūhaz. Cognate with Swedish ragg. Related to rug.