Thursday, October 27, 2011

τροτέζα ~ prostitute

γυναίκα που εκδίδεται στο δρόμο, πόρνηκαλντεριμιτζού

I heard the word on a radio show about Σοφία Βέμπο, who was in a theatrical production where she played a whore. This word is also in a Mitropanos song... but I never looked it up.

Its etymology is the French word trotteuse, which means "second hand."

1 comment:

  1. More accurately, "streetwalker" (from French trottoir = sidewalk).
    http://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=434124.0

    In French it also stands for a horse trained in a specific style.

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