tragaleguas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of traga (“to swallow”) +‎ leguas (“leagues (measurement equal to several miles)”).

Noun

tragaleguas m or f by sense (plural tragaleguas)

(colloquial) keen walker, or fast walker

Further reading

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

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