tragaleguas
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of traga (“to swallow”) + leguas (“leagues (measurement equal to several miles)”).
Noun
tragaleguas m or f by sense (plural tragaleguas)
- (colloquial) keen walker, or fast walker
Further reading
- “tragaleguas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024