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/Sounds like "dehs" (as in "debt") + "grah" (as in "grant") + "SYAH" + "oh" (as in "oh")/

Meaning

A shameless, scummy person who does bad things without any remorse. In the Caribbean, 'desgraciao' is said with a tone of outrage that says it all.

Examples

That desgraciao left without paying the bill and stuck everyone else with it.

Don't be a desgraciao and pay what you owe.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Garca
Bandera de Venezuela
Malandro

In classic Argentine lunfardo, a woman who works as a street prostitute. The word is closely tied to tango culture and the popular poetry of the Rio de la Plata in the 20th century, where the yira became an enduring literary figure: solitary, walking the night, waiting for someone to stop.