What does “rag” mean in Spanish?

andrajo • chanchiro • chirajo • harapo • pingo (despective) • trapo • argamandel • arrapiezo • bayeta • cangalla

Common phrases with “rag”

bean rag • boiled rag • chew the rag • cumrag • cuntrag • dishrag • do-rag • dustrag

It's semiformal. I can't show up dressed in rags! | —What a pretty dress! —What, this old rag?

Meanings (ES + gloss)

andrajo • chanchiro • chirajo • harapo • pingo (despective) • trapo

Tattered clothes (clothing).

It's semiformal. I can't show up dressed in rags!

—What a pretty dress! —What, this old rag?

andrajo • argamandel • arrapiezo • bayeta • cangalla • chirapa • chiringo • gamuza • guiñapo • harapo • jirón • pingo • rigil • trapo

A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.

Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, toss'd, / And flutter'd into rags; then reliques, beads,

[…]even by the law of their own might and malice, not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty.

diarrucho • papelote • papelucho • pasquín • periodicucho

A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.

"You must behave yourself, dear. Mr. Malone is a Pressman. He will have it all in his rag to-morrow, and sell an extra dozen among our neighbors."

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