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gorrón — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • freeloader noun A person who takes advantage of others' generosity without contributing or paying their fair share.
  • gatecrasher noun A person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception.
  • journal noun A personal diary where someone regularly records thoughts or events.
  • sponge noun A simple sea creature with a soft, porous skeleton, or the absorbent material made from it (or a synthetic equivalent) used for washing.
  • sponger noun One who uses a sponge.

Senses

gorrón is used for these senses in English:

  • freeloader (colloquial) One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share.
  • gatecrasher (slang) A person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception.
  • journal (engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.
  • scrounger One who scrounges.
  • sponge (slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
  • sponger One who uses a sponge.

gatecrasher — full definition

  1. noun A person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception.
  2. noun The groom or one of his groomsmen when partaking in the gatecrashing ritual of a traditional Chinese wedding.

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