raspa
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la raspa(
rrahs
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pah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
a. fishbone (of a fish)
Le pedí al pescadero que quitara la raspa de los filetes.I asked the fishmonger to remove the fishbones from the fillets.
2. (colloquial) (grumpy person)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. grouch (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Qué raspa es Manuel, siempre está de mal humor.Manuel is such a grouch! He is always angry.
3. (botany)
b. stalk (of grapes)
Le quité la raspa al racimo de uvas que puse en el frutero.I removed the stalk from the bunch of grapes that I put in the fruit bowl.
4. (scolding) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. telling-off
Los padres le dieron una raspa a su hijo cuando se enteraron de que se había escapado.The parents gave their son a telling-off when they found out he had run away from home.
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