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Meaning of Jalopy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi

Definitions

An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.

US, dated

Equivalents

Afrikaans wrak
বাংলা উড়োজাহাজ
Bosanski крнтија
Català trasto
Čeština kraksna
Dansk spand
Suomi kottero
Hrvatski крнтија
Magyar tragacs
Íslenska bíldrusla drusla
Italiano catorcio macinino
日本語 ジャロピー
한국어 고물차 똥차
Македонски крнтија
Nederlands barrel wrak
Polski gruchot
Română rablă
සිංහල නටනවා
Gagana Sāmoa fana
Српски крнтија
Svenska rishög
Kiswahili mkweche

Examples

“Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he was actually born on the road, when his parents were passing through Salt Lake City in 1926, in a jalopy, on their way to Los Angeles.”
“"We ran into some real excitement," Frank said, and told his father the whole story of Chet's missing jalopy, the wrecked car which they suspected had been a stolen one also, and the attempted holdup at the ferryboat office.”
“There's only a rough track and I doubt if that jalopy of yours will make it.”
“Through most of those early years of restless travel, he dragged his two children and his long-suffering wife, Maryann[…] behind him like tin cans tied to the bumper of a jalopy that no car dealer in his right mind would take in trade.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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