pasar el trapo
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pasar el trapo(
pah
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sahr
ehl
trah
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poh
)An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (to clean)
a. to wipe
La encimera de la cocina está llena de restos de comida. - ¡Pues pásale el trapo!The kitchen counter is covered with food. - Well, wipe it up then!
b. to give a wipe
¿Podrías pasarle el trapo a la mesa, por favor?Could you give the table a wipe, please?
c. to dust (furniture)
Tienes que pasar el trapo por los muebles. Están muy sucios.You have to dust the furniture. It's very dirty.
A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g., take out the trash.).
2. (colloquial) (idiom) (to be way better than) (Argentina)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Regionalism used in Argentina
a. to run circles around
Tu hermanita es una genia jugando al básquet; les pasaría el trapo a muchos de mis compañeros.Your little sister is a mean basketball player; she'd run circles around many of my classmates.
b. to run rings around
Paulina nació para ser deportista. A los ocho años ya les pasaba el trapo a los pibes del barrio.Paulina was born to be an athlete. By the time she was eight, she was running rings around the boys in the neighborhood.
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