cacharro

m.

1 pot.

fregar los cacharros to do the dishes

2 piece of junk (informal).

tendremos que tirar todos estos cacharros we'll have to throw all this junk o rubbish out (British)

3 crock (informal) (machine).

4 rickety car, noisy old car, jalopy, buggy.

5 old boat.

6 old plane.

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cacharro

► nombre masculino

1 (de cocina) crock, piece of crockery

2 familiar (cosa) thing, piece of junk

■ ¿qué es ese cacharro? what's that thing over there?

3 familiar peyorativo (coche) banger

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noun m.

object, piece of junk

- cacharros de cocina

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SM

1) [de cocina] pot, dish

fregar los cacharros — to do o wash the dishes

cacharros de cocina — pots and pans

2) * (=trasto) useless object, piece of junk; (Aut) old crock, jalop(p)y; And trinket

3) * (=aparato) gadget

4) ** (=pistola) rod **, pistol

5) CAm, Caribe (=cárcel) jail

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masculino

1) (de cocina) pot

2) (fam) (cachivache) thing; (coche viejo) jalopy (AmE), old banger (BrE colloq); (aparato) gadget

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= gizmo [gismo], jalopy, whatchamacallit.

Nota: Expresión utilizada para referirse a un objeto del que no se recuerda el nombre; abreviatura de 'What do you call it?'.

Ex. Within, you will find a pleathora of gadgets and gizmos, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.

Ex. For all Havana's crumbling structures, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, it attracts over a million tourists each year.

Ex. In his book's section 'Watchamacallit' he forecasts that communication between user and machine will be through voice for entering text and a pen-like device for pointing.

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masculino

1) (de cocina) pot

2) (fam) (cachivache) thing; (coche viejo) jalopy (AmE), old banger (BrE colloq); (aparato) gadget

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= gizmo [gismo], jalopy, whatchamacallit.

Nota: Expresión utilizada para referirse a un objeto del que no se recuerda el nombre; abreviatura de 'What do you call it?'.

Ex: Within, you will find a pleathora of gadgets and gizmos, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.

Ex: For all Havana's crumbling structures, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, it attracts over a million tourists each year.

Ex: In his book's section 'Watchamacallit' he forecasts that communication between user and machine will be through voice for entering text and a pen-like device for pointing.

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cacharro

masculine

A (de cocina) pot

deja los cacharros para mañana leave the pots and pans for tomorrow

B (fam)

1 (cachivache) thing

tiene la casa llena de cacharros que no sirven para nada her house is full of junk o useless things

2 (coche) jalopy (AmE), old banger (BrE colloq)

3 (aparato) gadget

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cacharro sustantivo masculino

a) (de cocina) pot

b) (fam) (cachivache) thing;

(coche viejo) jalopy (AmE), old banger (BrE colloq);
(aparato) gadget
cacharro sustantivo masculino
1 (de loza) earthenware pot o jar
2 familiar (objeto inservible o viejo) thing, piece of junk
3 cacharros pl, (de cocina) pots and pans
fregar los cacharros, to do the washing-up
'cacharro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chisme
English:
banger
- battered
- heap
- lemon
- rickety
- thing
- whatsit
- wreck

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cacharro nm

1. [recipiente] pot;

fregar los cacharros to do the dishes

2. Fam [trasto] piece of junk;

tendremos que tirar todos estos cacharros we'll have to throw all this junk o Br rubbish out

3. Fam [máquina] crock;

[automóvil] heap, banger

4. Fam [aparato, chisme] gadget, gizmo;

aprietas este cacharro y sale agua press this thing o gizmo here and water comes out

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cacharro

m

1 pot;

lavar los cacharros Méx, C.Am. wash the dishes

2 Méx, C.Am. (trasto) piece of junk

3 Méx, C.Am.

coche junkheap

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cacharro nm

1) fam : thing, piece of junk

2) fam : jalopy

3) cacharros nmpl

: pots and pans

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cacharro n

1. (recipiente) pot / pan

te toca fregar los cacharros it's your turn to wash the pots and pans

2. (coche) old banger

3. (trasto) piece of junk

tu habitación está llena de cacharros your room is full of junk