guiñapo
Spanish, noun/ɡiˈɲapo/
guiñapo is spelled G-U-I-Ñ-A-P-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Spanish, the 206,423rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guiñapo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rag (cloth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ropa, o trozo de ropa, gastada, rota y sucia”.
What does guiñapo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerag (cloth)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ropa, o trozo de ropa, gastada, rota y sucia. 2. Persona sucia que anda con vestimenta rota y andrajosa. 3. Persona que se ha vuelto débil, enfermiza, o degradada, que se ha corrompido moralmente. 4. Por extensión, persona cuyo aspecto despierta lástima y compasión. O simplemente que no tiene metas en la vida y nunca se ha podido autorrealizar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of guiñapo
- guiñapos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guiñapo?
- /ɡiˈɲapo/
- [ɡiˈɲa.po]
- [giˈɲapo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guiñapo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guiñapo in Spanish?
guiñapo appears about once in every 33 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).