suplefaltas

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

suplefaltas m (plural suplefaltas)

1. fall guy; scapegoat

Further reading

• “suplefaltas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16