Masculine

zero à esquerda

Meaning

a good-for-nothing (a person of low worth or usefulness or a person who is incompetent or ignorant in a particular area or task)

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzɛ.ɾu a isˈkeʁ.dɐ/
Etymology

In summary

Literally, “zero at the left”. An analogy to zeros written before a number. For example, both 020 and 20 have exactly the same numerical value, thus the leading zero before the 2 makes no numerical difference. Compare Spanish cero a la izquierda.

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