maula

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maula [mah’-oo-lah]
noun
1Anything worthless (objeto); rubbish trumpery, trash. (f)
2Cunning, craft, deceitful tricks, imposition. (f)
noun
3Cheat, bad paymaster. (m)
  • Es una buena maula -> (coll.) he is a good-for-nothing fellow
  • Ella es buena maula -> she is a hussy: used jocularly

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maula
adjetivo
[+animal] useless; lazy; [+persona] good-for-nothing; unreliable;
sustantivo:masculino_y_femenino
1 (vago) idler; slacker
2 (tramposo) cheat; trickster; (moroso) bad payer
sustantivo:femenino
1 (retal) remnant; (trasto) piece of junk; useless object; (persona) dead loss; (familiar)
2 (truco) dirty trick

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