English-Spanish translations for rag

trapoSeñor Presidente, Señorías, el chocolate es una dulce tentación, para algunos es un vicio y para la Unión Europea es un trapo rojo. Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. Chocolate is a sweet seduction; for some it is a sin, for the European Union it is a red rag to a bull.
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diarrucho
harapoSe ha prohibido temporalmente la publicación de este harapo, pero el daño ya está hecho, como ya se ha dicho. The publication of this rag has been temporarily banned, but the damage has been done, as has already been said.
jirón
papelote
papelucho
pasquín

Tattered clothes
A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter
A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin
A ragged edge in metalworking
A newspaper, magazine
To decorate by applying paint with a rag
A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone
To break into lumps for sorting
To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter
To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze
A prank or practical joke
An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
To play or compose in syncopated time
To add syncopation and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.2001. ''The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America''. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff . Pg. 651.

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