tagging along, joining a group or plan uninvited. · coupled, attached, connected.
çekim: çoğul acoplados
köken: Past participle of acoplar (“to couple, to attach”). Equivalent to acoplar + -ado. The colloquial social meaning is a metaphor: just as a trailer is hitched to a vehicle, an acoplado is a person who attaches themselves to a social group, event, or couple, often without a direct invitation.
Al final vino al cine de acoplado porque no tenía otro plan.
harness (tack) · team (a set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage) · trailer (an unpowered wheeled vehicle, that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment)
köken: From Ancient Greek ῥυμουλκέω (rhumoulkéō), from ῥῦμα (rhûma, “tow-line”) + ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag”); for first element see ἐρύω (erúō, “to pull”).