estropajo

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estropajo
masculine noun
1scourer

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estropajo [es-tro-pah'-ho]
noun
1Dishcloth (trapo). (m)
2Brush, made of bass or sedge, to clean culinary vessels. (m)
  • Estropajo de acero -> steel wool
3A worthless, trifling thing (objeto inútil). (Metaphorical) (m)

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estropajo
sustantivo:masculino
1 (para fregar) scourer; scouring pad
poner a algn como un estropajo to make sb feel a heel
servir de estropajo to be exploited; be used to do the dirty work
estropajo de acero steel wool
2 (objeto inútil) worthless object; (persona inútil) dead loss

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