vacunear
v.— «También está la expresión “vacunear la carpeta” (por “vacuum the carpet”: “pasarle la aspiradora a la alfombra”).» —“El spanglish: un fenómeno lingüístico que se abre paso en los EEUU” IBLNEWS (New York) Feb. 9, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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