jalopy

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• /d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/
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Unknown. Perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico (now Xalapa), to whose scrapyards used cars were often sent from New Orleans starting in the 1920s. First recorded written use in 1924.

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: wrak — old, dilapidated car
• Albanian: karakatinë — old, dilapidated car
• Amharic: ጃላፔኖ (jalapēno) — old, dilapidated car
• Arabic: سَيَّارَة بَالِيَة (sayyāra bāliya) — old, dilapidated car
• Belarusian: тая калымага (taja kalymaha) — old, dilapidated car
• Bengali: উড়োজাহাজ (uṛōjahaj) — old, dilapidated car
• Bulgarian: таратайка (taratajka) — old, dilapidated car
• Catalan: trasto — old, dilapidated car
• Chinese Mandarin: 破舊車 /破旧车 (pòjiù chē) — old, dilapidated car
• Czech: kraksna — old, dilapidated car
• Danish: spand — old, dilapidated car
• Dutch: wrak — old, dilapidated car
• Dutch: barrel — old, dilapidated car
• Estonian: autorämä — old, dilapidated car
• Finnish: kottero — old, dilapidated car
• French: guimbarde — old, dilapidated car
• French: carriole — old, dilapidated car
• French: tas de ferraille — old, dilapidated car
• Galician: calhambeque — old, dilapidated car
• Georgian: ჯალიპი (ǯaliṗi) — old, dilapidated car
• German: alte Kiste — old, dilapidated car
• German: Klapperkiste — old, dilapidated car
• German: Schrottkiste — old, dilapidated car
• German: Schrottmühle — old, dilapidated car
• German: Rostlaube — old, dilapidated car
• Greek: παλαιό αυτοκίνητο (palaió aftokínito) — old, dilapidated car
• Haitian Creole: genbard — old, dilapidated car
• Hebrew: טָרָנטָה — old, dilapidated car
• Hindi: पुरानी गड़ी (purānī gaṛī) — old, dilapidated car
• Hungarian: rozzant autó — old, dilapidated car
• Hungarian: tragacs — old, dilapidated car
• Icelandic: bíldrusla — old, dilapidated car
• Icelandic: drusla — old, dilapidated car
• Indonesian: mobil rongsok — old, dilapidated car
• Italian: catorcio — old, dilapidated car
• Italian: macinino — old, dilapidated car
• Japanese: ジャロピー (jaropī) — old, dilapidated car
• Kannada: ಜಲಪೆನೊ (jalapeno) — old, dilapidated car
• Kazakh: құлағап тұрған ескі көлігі (qūlağap tūrğan eskı kölıgı) — old, dilapidated car
• Kazakh: драндулет (drandulet) — old, dilapidated car
• Korean: 고물차 (gomulcha) — old, dilapidated car
• Korean: 똥차 (ttongcha) — old, dilapidated car
• Northern Kurdish: jalopî — old, dilapidated car
• Latvian: veca automašīna — old, dilapidated car
• Lithuanian: kleras — old, dilapidated car
• Luxembourgish: Jalopp — old, dilapidated car
• Macedonian: крнтија (krntija) — old, dilapidated car
• Malay: mobil tua — old, dilapidated car
• Malayalam: ജലോപ്പി (jalōppi) — old, dilapidated car
• Maltese: karakka — old, dilapidated car
• Marathi: खटारगाडी (khaṭārgāḍī) — old, dilapidated car
• Norwegian: kjerra — old, dilapidated car
• Pashto: جولوپي — old, dilapidated car
• Polish: gruchot — old, dilapidated car
• Portuguese: calhambeque — old, dilapidated car
• Portuguese: chaço — old, dilapidated car
• Portuguese: lasanha — old, dilapidated car
• Punjabi: ਜਲੋਪੀ (jalopī) — old, dilapidated car
• Romanian: rablă — old, dilapidated car
• Russian: драндуле́т (drandulét) — old, dilapidated car
• Russian: колыма́га (kolymága) — old, dilapidated car
• Russian: развалю́ха (razvaljúxa) — old, dilapidated car
• Samoan: fana — old, dilapidated car
• Serbo-Croatian: krntija — old, dilapidated car
• Sindhi: جولوپي (jolope) — old, dilapidated car
• Sinhalese: නටනවා (naṭanawā) — old, dilapidated car
• Slovak: kraksňa — old, dilapidated car
• Somali: jalalka — old, dilapidated car
• Spanish: cacharro — old, dilapidated car
• Spanish: carro destartalado — old, dilapidated car
• Spanish: carraca — old, dilapidated car
• Spanish: tartana — old, dilapidated car
• Spanish: carcacha — old, dilapidated car
• Spanish: tiesto — old, dilapidated car
• Spanish: charchina (Mesoamerica) — old, dilapidated car
• Swahili: mkweche — old, dilapidated car
• Swedish: bilskrälle — old, dilapidated car
• Swedish: rishög — old, dilapidated car
• Tagalog: lumang kotse — old, dilapidated car
• Tamil: பழைய ஊர்தி (paḻaiya ūrti) — old, dilapidated car
• Telugu: పాతబడి పనికిరాని మోటారు వాహనము (pātabaḍi panikirāni mōṭāru vāhanamu) — old, dilapidated car
• Thai: รถเก่าแก่ (rt̄h kèā kæ̀) — old, dilapidated car
• Turkish: külüstür araba — old, dilapidated car
• Ukrainian: таратайка (taratajka) — old, dilapidated car
• Urdu: جولوپی (jolopī) — old, dilapidated car
• Uzbek: jalopi — old, dilapidated car
• Welsh: siandri — old, dilapidated car
• Yiddish: דזשאַלאָפּי (dzhalopi) — old, dilapidated car