See maleta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/molko-"
],
[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/malhō"
],
[
"*malha",
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],
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"mala",
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],
[
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],
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
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],
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],
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"-et",
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
[
"-eta",
"-eta#Spanish"
],
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],
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],
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"mala",
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],
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]
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"ma‧le‧ta"
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"suitcase (large piece of luggage)"
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"(Cuba, Canary Islands) schoolbag"
],
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{
"word": "cajuela"
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"Chile",
"Venezuela",
"feminine"
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"ipa": "/maˈleta/"
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{
"ipa": "[maˈle.t̪a]"
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"malo#Spanish"
],
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"maleta",
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],
[
"Simón",
"Simón#Spanish"
],
[
"sí",
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]
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"etymology_text": "Wordplay of malo (“bad”) by replacing it with the existing noun maleta. Compare the wordplay (common in El Salvador) of Simón (“Simon (male personal name)”) to replace the particle sí (“yes”).",
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28,
42
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],
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"text": "Mi profesora de quinto grado sí que era bien maleta.",
"translation": "My 5th grade teacher was so bad at her job.",
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},
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23,
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32,
38
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],
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"ref": "2012 November 20, Efren Lemus, Óscar Luna, Mauro Arias, ““No me veía con la personalidad para salir en televisión””, in El Faro, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2016:",
"text": "¿Para qué deporte eras maleta?\n¿Maleta?\nSí, así malo, malo, que vos decís: esto no lo voy a practicar nunca...\nHíjole… natación. Yo aquí crecí con natación…",
"translation": "\"What sport did you suck at?\"\n\"Suck?\"\n\"Yeah, like bad, quite bad, so much you tell yourself: 'I'm never going to practise this...'\"\n\"Oh god... swimming. I grew up doing swimming...",
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27
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"english": "We'll continue being so bad at soccer that the most attractive part of our soccer will be the design of the shirt we use when Curaçao shows us who's our daddy.",
"ref": "2026 February 5, user Funny_Disaster1002, “QUE OPINAN DE UN FUTURO ESCUDO Y EQUIPACION DE VISITA PARA LA SELECTA USANDO EL TOROGOZ Y EL MAQUILISHUAT COMO BASES???”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2026:",
"text": "Seguiremos siendo tan maletas en el fútbol que lo más candente de nuestro fútbol será el diseño de la camiseta que vamos a usar para que nos vacune Curacao",
"translation": "We'll continue being so bad at soccer that the most attractive part of our soccer will be the design of the shirt we use when Curaçao shows us who's our daddy.",
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"ma‧le‧ta"
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"word": "maletín"
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"suitcase (large piece of luggage)"
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"word": "valija"
},
{
"word": "petaca"
}
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"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
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"glosses": [
"schoolbag"
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"(Cuba, Canary Islands) schoolbag"
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"word": "mochila"
}
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"feminine"
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"Venezuelan Spanish"
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"trunk, boot (of a car)"
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"(Canary Islands, Chile, Venezuela) trunk, boot (of a car)"
],
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"word": "maletero"
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{
"word": "cajuela"
}
],
"tags": [
"Canary-Islands",
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"Venezuela",
"feminine"
]
}
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"ipa": "/maˈleta/"
},
{
"ipa": "[maˈle.t̪a]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eta"
}
],
"word": "maleta"
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"malo",
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[
"Simón",
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"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_text": "Wordplay of malo (“bad”) by replacing it with the existing noun maleta. Compare the wordplay (common in El Salvador) of Simón (“Simon (male personal name)”) to replace the particle sí (“yes”).",
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"form": "maletas",
"tags": [
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"plural"
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}
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"args": {},
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"ma‧le‧ta"
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"parts": [
"ma‧le‧ta"
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"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "adj",
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42
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],
"english": "My 5th grade teacher was so bad at her job.",
"text": "Mi profesora de quinto grado sí que era bien maleta.",
"translation": "My 5th grade teacher was so bad at her job.",
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"english": "\"What sport did you suck at?\"\n\"Suck?\"\n\"Yeah, like bad, quite bad, so much you tell yourself: 'I'm never going to practise this...'\"\n\"Oh god... swimming. I grew up doing swimming...",
"ref": "2012 November 20, Efren Lemus, Óscar Luna, Mauro Arias, ““No me veía con la personalidad para salir en televisión””, in El Faro, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2016:",
"text": "¿Para qué deporte eras maleta?\n¿Maleta?\nSí, así malo, malo, que vos decís: esto no lo voy a practicar nunca...\nHíjole… natación. Yo aquí crecí con natación…",
"translation": "\"What sport did you suck at?\"\n\"Suck?\"\n\"Yeah, like bad, quite bad, so much you tell yourself: 'I'm never going to practise this...'\"\n\"Oh god... swimming. I grew up doing swimming...",
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"english": "We'll continue being so bad at soccer that the most attractive part of our soccer will be the design of the shirt we use when Curaçao shows us who's our daddy.",
"ref": "2026 February 5, user Funny_Disaster1002, “QUE OPINAN DE UN FUTURO ESCUDO Y EQUIPACION DE VISITA PARA LA SELECTA USANDO EL TOROGOZ Y EL MAQUILISHUAT COMO BASES???”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2026:",
"text": "Seguiremos siendo tan maletas en el fútbol que lo más candente de nuestro fútbol será el diseño de la camiseta que vamos a usar para que nos vacune Curacao",
"translation": "We'll continue being so bad at soccer that the most attractive part of our soccer will be the design of the shirt we use when Curaçao shows us who's our daddy.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"bad at, sloppy, negligent (incompetent or lazy in performing a job or activity)"
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[
"sloppy",
"sloppy"
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[
"negligent",
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],
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"(colloquial, El Salvador) bad at, sloppy, negligent (incompetent or lazy in performing a job or activity)"
],
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}
],
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"ipa": "/maˈleta/"
},
{
"ipa": "[maˈle.t̪a]"
},
{
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}
],
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}
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