maleta
/maˈleta/ · A2 · adj
suitcase
🧳 mala (bag) + -eta (small) = little bag; a maleta worker is dead weight
From Old French malle (bag, the source of English mail) plus the diminutive -eta. The slang sense treats a clumsy or lazy person as luggage: something others have to carry. Ser maleta = to be bad at something.