"menega" meaning in Español

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Noun

IPA: [meˈne.ɣa]
Rhymes: e.ɡa Etymology: de "meneguini" probablemente a fines del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX, cuando marineros ingleses llegados a Buenos Aires intentaban cambiar su dinero y seguramente decían "I have many guineas" lo que era interpretado como "Ai jav meneguini".
  1. Dinero. Tags: Río-de-la-Plata
    Sense id: es-menega-es-noun-k31kUBaY Categories (other): ES:Río de la Plata
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Palabras llanas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Palabras trisílabas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Rimas:e.ɡa",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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      "parents": [],
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    },
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  "etymology_text": "de \"meneguini\" probablemente a fines del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX, cuando marineros ingleses llegados a Buenos Aires intentaban cambiar su dinero y seguramente decían \"I have many guineas\" lo que era interpretado como \"Ai jav meneguini\".",
  "extra_sounds": {
    "acentuación": "llana",
    "longitud silábica": "trisílaba"
  },
  "hyphenation": "me-ne-ga",
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo femenino",
  "raw_tags": [
    "singularia tantum"
  ],
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    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Río de la Plata",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dinero."
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        "lunfardismo"
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      "tags": [
        "Río-de-la-Plata"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[meˈne.ɣa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "e.ɡa"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine"
  ],
  "word": "menega"
}
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    "acentuación": "llana",
    "longitud silábica": "trisílaba"
  },
  "hyphenation": "me-ne-ga",
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo femenino",
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    "singularia tantum"
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      "categories": [
        "ES:Río de la Plata"
      ],
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        "Dinero."
      ],
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        "lunfardismo"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "Río-de-la-Plata"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[meˈne.ɣa]"
    },
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      "rhymes": "e.ɡa"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine"
  ],
  "word": "menega"
}

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