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/Sounds like "lah" (as in "lava") + "bah" (as in "bar") + "RROH" + "pahs" (as in "park")/

Meaning

A washing machine in Argentina and Uruguay, the appliance you appreciate most when it breaks and you have to wash by hand. The lavarropas is an essential part of adult life nobody prepares you to value.

Examples

I bought a new automatic lavarropas.

The lavarropas is making a crazy noise.

Regional synonyms

To suddenly leave a place without warning, bail out of a situation, or abandon someone with no explanation. In Chile, patearte los tarros means to ghost someone or leave them completely stranded without a word.