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Translation of trapo in English:
trapo
cloth, n.
masculine noun
1
(para limpiar)clothpásale un trapo mojado a la mesa — wipe the table with a damp cloth- unos trapos viejos para limpiar los pinceles — some old rags to wipe the brushes on
- a todo trapo — (sin ahorrar) with no expense spared
- llorar a todo trapo — to cry one's eyes out
- dejar a algn hecho un trapo — to lay into sb
- poner a algn como los trapos — to lay into sb
- sacar los trapos sucios al sol / a relucir / (Latin America) sacar los trapitos al sol (informal) — to reveal personal secrets (or inside information etc.)
- si hay una investigación muchos temen que se saquen los trapos al sol — many fear that their secrets will be made public if there is an investigation
- si vamos a empezar a sacarnos los trapos a relucir — if we're going to start washing our dirty linen in public
- soltar el trapo — to burst into tears
- tratar a algn como un trapo (de piso) — to walk all over sb
- los trapos sucios se lavan en casa — you shouldn't wash your dirty linen in public
2informal
(de torero)cape3trapos masculine plural
informalclothesragssiempre están hablando de trapos — they're always talking about clothes
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