suplefaltas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of suple (“to supply, to substitute”) +‎ faltas (“faults”).

Noun

suplefaltas m (plural suplefaltas)

fall guy; scapegoat

Further reading

“suplefaltas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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