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/Sounds like "TRAH" (as in "tract") + "poh" (as in "port") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "PEE" (as in "pea") + "soh" (as in "solo")/

Meaning

A floor rag used for scrubbing the floor by hand in Argentina and Uruguay, no mop handle, just knees on the ground and elbow grease. The standard term for what other countries call a fregona or floor cloth.

Examples

Pass the floor rag, the whole kitchen is wet.

We need to buy a new floor rag, this one is completely worn out.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de España
Fregona

Someone who got a job, privilege or position through connections rather than merit. In Mexico and Spain an enchufado is plugged in, it's not what you know but who you know.