noun🔗ShareHarapos, trapos(in the plural) Tattered clothes."After working in the garden all day, his clothes were just dirty rags. "Después de trabajar en el jardín todo el día, su ropa eran solo harapos sucios.appearancewearmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareHarapos, traposA piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter."The old woman used rags to clean her dusty furniture. "La anciana usó trapos para limpiar sus muebles polvorientos.materialwearitemappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMiserable, pordioseroA shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin."The kind woman often gave food to the rags she saw begging on the street corner. "La amable mujer a menudo daba comida a los miserables que veía mendigando en la esquina de la calle.appearancepersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRebarbaA ragged edge in metalworking."After using the dull drill bit, I noticed rags of metal hanging off the edge of the hole. "Después de usar la broca desafilada, noté rebabas de metal colgando del borde del agujero.technicalindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVela, lonaA sail, or any piece of canvas."The old fisherman patched the hole in his boat's rags with some spare canvas. "El viejo pescador parcheó el agujero en las velas de su barco con un poco de lona de repuesto.nauticalsailingmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePeriódico, diarioA newspaper, magazine.""I don't trust that news; it's just sensationalized stories from the tabloids and rags." "No confío en esa noticia; son solo historias sensacionalistas de los tabloides y periódicos.mediaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMendigo, pordioseroA poor, low-ranking kicker."I have ace-four on my hand. In other words, I have ace-rag."Tengo as-cuatro en la mano. En otras palabras, tengo as-pordiosero.personsportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDecorar con un trapoTo decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag."The student ragged the classroom walls with bright yellow paint. "El estudiante decoró las paredes del aula con pintura amarilla brillante con un trapo.artappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDeshilacharse, hacerse jironesTo become tattered."The edges of my favorite t-shirt started to rag after years of washing. "Los bordes de mi camiseta favorita comenzaron a deshilacharse después de años de lavado.wearappearanceconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareHarapos, traposA coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone."The garden path was made of rags, giving it a rough, uneven surface perfect for drainage. "El camino del jardín estaba hecho de harapos, lo que le daba una superficie áspera e irregular, perfecta para el drenaje.geologymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTriturar, romperTo break (ore) into lumps for sorting."The miner had to rags the ore to separate the valuable minerals from the waste. "El minero tuvo que triturar el mineral para separar los minerales valiosos de los residuos.geologymineralworkindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDesbastar, amolarTo cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone."The machinist had to rags the newly installed grindstone to ensure it spun true and wouldn't damage the metal. "El maquinista tuvo que desbastar la muela recién instalada para asegurarse de que girara correctamente y no dañara el metal.technicalmachineindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBroma, chisteA prank or practical joke."The senior students played some harmless rags on the freshmen during orientation week. "Los estudiantes de último año jugaron algunas bromas inofensivas a los de primer año durante la semana de orientación.entertainmentactioncultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOrganización benéfica estudiantilA society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising."Our university rags organized a fun run to raise money for the local children's hospital. "La organización benéfica estudiantil de nuestra universidad organizó una carrera divertida para recaudar fondos para el hospital infantil local.organizationsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRegañar, reñir, atormentar, burlarseTo scold or tell off; to torment; to banter."My friends always rag me about my old car, but I don't mind; it's still running! "Mis amigos siempre me regañan por mi coche viejo, pero no me importa; ¡todavía funciona!attitudecommunicationlanguageactioncharacteremotionwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareConducir de forma temerariaTo drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner."He rags his old truck down the dirt road every morning to get to work on time. "Conduce su viejo camión de forma temeraria por el camino de tierra todas las mañanas para llegar a tiempo al trabajo.vehicleactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBurlarse de, atormentar, novatearTo tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze."New fraternity pledges were warned that older members sometimes rag them with silly tasks and embarrassing questions. "Se advirtió a los nuevos miembros de la fraternidad que los miembros mayores a veces se burlaban de ellos con tareas tontas y preguntas embarazosas.cultureeducationentertainmentsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFiesta de baile informal con música interpretada por bandas de cuerdas afroamericanasAn informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands."Back in the day, on Saturday nights, the community hall would host lively rags, with fiddles and banjos playing all night long. "En el pasado, los sábados por la noche, el salón comunitario organizaba animadas fiestas de baile informales, con violines y banjos tocando toda la noche.musicdanceentertainmentcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRagtimeA ragtime song, dance or piece of music."My grandfather loved to play ragtime rags on the piano. "A mi abuelo le encantaba tocar ragtime en el piano.musicdanceentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTocar ragtimeTo play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time."The pianist likes to rag old folk songs, giving them a lively, upbeat feel. "Al pianista le gusta tocar canciones folclóricas antiguas en ragtime, dándoles un ambiente animado y alegre.musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBailar ragtimeTo dance to ragtime music."The students were all excited to rag during the school dance. "Los estudiantes estaban todos emocionados de bailar ragtime durante el baile escolar.musicdanceentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSincoparTo add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song."The pianist ragged the familiar melody, transforming it into a lively ragtime piece. "El pianista sincopó la melodía familiar, transformándola en una pieza de ragtime animada.musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
