jalopy

(Inglese)

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

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

bagnarola

🛁

carretta

caffettiera

catorcio

macinino

trabiccolo

catenaccio

sinonimi

old conveyance

dilapidated conveyance

clunker

bus

🚌

rattle-trap

heap

hooptie

crate

rattletrap

old car

bucket

🪣

Traduzioni

calhambeque

bote

⛵

guimbarde

σαραβαλάκι

παλιοαεροπλάνο

Chaise

σακαράκα

παλαιό αυτοκίνητο

σαράβαλο

épave

wrak

grat

rzęch

cacharro

fotinga