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/Sounds like "TRAH" (as in "tract") + "pohs" (as in "port")/

Meaning

Clothes or clothing in several Spanish-speaking countries. A colloquial way to refer to garments, especially when talking about your wardrobe with either pride or shame.

Examples

Put on your best trapos, there's a party.

Wash your trapos, you've got nothing clean left.

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Regional synonyms

A habitual cheater who bends rules and deceives whenever it gives them an edge. In Colombia and Peru, the trapacero can't even play fair when nothing's at stake; dishonesty has just become their default mode of operating.