/taˈɾaðo/
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Translation
(informal) faulty, defective; (colloquial) idiot
Word origin
From tara ('defect, flaw'), which Spanish took from Arabic tarha ('a deduction, something set aside').
- Origin
- Arabic
- Root
- tarha
Grammar
Femininetarada
Masc pluraltarados
Fem pluraltaradas
Examples
mando .
This remote came faulty from the factory.
devolví .
I bought a faulty phone and returned it to the shop.
aparato encendía.
The device was defective and would not turn on.
.
The second-hand car came slightly defective.
, .
Do not buy that watch, it comes faulty as standard.
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