granuja

/ɡɾaˈnuxa/ · B2 · adj

rabble, riffraff

🍇 granuja = grano (grain) + -uja: grape grains, then a rabble of little rascals

Granuja comes from grano, 'grain', and first meant loose grape seeds or grains. The sense spread to a crowd of scruffy, scattered street kids, so a granuja is a rascal and the granuja is the riffraff.

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