prepa
See also: prépa
Spanish
editEtymology
editClipping of preparatoria.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editprepa f (plural prepas or prepa)
- (Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, university slang) Clipping of preparatoria (“high school”).
- 2017 December 16, “Consejos eróticos para cerrar el año”, in Milenio[1]:
- Se vale sacar ropa de antaño, si aún existe; leer un libro de la prepa o poner un contexto de fantasía que aumente el deseo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
editprepa m or f by sense (plural prepas)
- (Puerto Rico, university slang) a first-year student at a university; a freshman or fresher
References
edit- “prepa” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
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