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el borlote in English

racket, fuss, commotion noun Latin America

Number 4,518 of the 5,000 most used words in Latin American Spanish.

Example

¡Qué borlote hay en la calle esta noche!

What a racket there is in the street tonight!

In Spain

At this place in the list: el jaleo (racket, fuss, commotion; a mess).

Before: formidable · Next: el cartero

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