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Probable: The majority view, with some reservations.Expressions · Common

mamarracho

a ridiculous-looking person; a botched or outlandish thingpersona ridícula; cosa mal hecha o extravagante

Comes from Arabic

مُهَرِّج

muharrij

“buffoon, clown”«bufón, payaso»

Arabic today says

مَسْخَرَة

maskhara

Root

ه ر ج

h-r-j

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

From muharrij, the buffoon, came Old Spanish moharrache, which, blended with momo (grimace) and mamar (to suckle), ended up as mamarracho. In Arabic, muharrij is still the circus clown.Del muharrij, el bufón, salió el antiguo moharrache, que por cruce con momo (mueca) y con mamar acabó en mamarracho. En árabe muharrij sigue siendo el payaso de circo.

In a sentence

Con ese disfraz vas hecho un mamarracho.

In that costume you look ridiculous.

تَبْدُو مَسْخَرَةً بِهٰذَا الزِّيّ.

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