talego

Spanish

Etymology

From talega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈleɡo/ [t̪aˈle.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: ta‧le‧go

Noun

talego m (plural talegos)

1. sack, bag

   Synonym: bolsa

2. (colloquial, Spain) jail

   Synonyms: cárcel, trullo

3. (colloquial, Spain) small wad of hash
4. (colloquial, historical, Spain) a thousand peseta note (≈ 6 EUR)

   Coordinate term: kilo

   • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 104:

     Manolo me pasa un talego con el que me hago un canutillo bien tensado y me meto la primera raya.

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Derived terms

• taleguero

 

Related terms

• talega

 

Further reading

• “talego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28