buscapleitos
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- (Latin America) troublemaker, shit-stirrer
- (colloquial) shark lawyer
Etymology
Affix from Spanish, Castilian buscar (searches for) + Spanish, Castilian pleito (suit, lawsuit).
Origin
Spanish
pleito
Gloss
suit, lawsuit
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- buscare Italian
- buscador Spanish, Castilian
- buscaminas Spanish, Castilian
- buscapersonas Spanish, Castilian
- buscar Spanish, Castilian
- buscarruidos Spanish, Castilian
- buscatalentos Spanish, Castilian
- buscavidas Spanish, Castilian
- picapleitos Spanish, Castilian
- pleitear Spanish, Castilian
- pleito Spanish, Castilian
- rebuscar Spanish, Castilian
- buscar Catalan, Valencian
- buscar Old Spanish