Descamisado

Descamisado is a noun that refers to a very poor person. It can also refer to a revolutionary. The literal Spanish translation of our word of the day is ‘shirtless.’ But our word of the day simply refers to any person in poverty. I decided to donate my old car to a descamisado I ran into on the road. Anyone in the such dire circumstances was clearly in greater need of transportation. The word was also used to describe a 19th century member of the Spanish revolution.