tropa

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tropa

feminine noun

1. rank and file (military) (no oficiales); troops (ejército)

2. troop, flock (informal) (multitud)

tropa [tro’-pah]

noun

1. Troop (multitud), a body of soldiers. (f)

2. Troop, a small body of calvary. (f)

3. A number of people collected together; crowd, multitude; troop, herd. (f)

4. Beat to arms. (f)

5. (Cono Sur) Convoy of carts (vehículos). (f)

6. Rude person (maleducado). (Mexico) (f)

tropa

1 (Mil) (soldados rasos) rank and file; ordinary soldiers

plural

; (p) (ejército) army

las tropas the troops; ser de tropa to be in the army

tropas de asalto tropa de choque storm troops

2 (multitud) crowd; troop; mob; troop

3 (Latinoamérica) (Agr) flock; herd

4 (S. Cone) (vehículos) stream of vehicles; (coches) line of cars; (carros) line of carts

5 (México) (maleducado) rude person; (Caribe) (tonto) dope (familiar)

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