currante

Spanish

Etymology

From currar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuˈrante/ [kuˈrãn̪.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ante
Syllabification: cu‧rran‧te

Adjective

currante m or f (masculine and feminine plural currantes)

hard-working
Synonym: trabajador

Noun

currante m or f by sense (plural currantes)

worker
Synonym: trabajador
- 2015 September 17, “Cataluña extrema (IV)”, in El País‎:
  Predominan los currantes ucranianos, rumanos y senegaleses, pero el ajetreo de los tornos contabiliza rutinariamente medio centenar de nacionalidades.
  Ukrainian, Romanian, and Senegalese workers predominate, but the rush of the turnstiles routinely counts fifty nationalities.

Further reading

“currante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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