cachivache

m.

1 knick-knack (informal).

2 piece of junk, thing, trinket, bric-à-brac.

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cachivache

► nombre masculino

1 familiar thing, piece of junk, knick-knack

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noun m.

junk

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SM

1) (=vasija) pot

2) pl cachivaches (=trastos) trash sing , junk sing

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masculino (fam)

a) (trasto inútil) piece of junk

ese cachivache no sirve para nada — that's just a useless piece of junk (colloq)

tiró todos los cachivaches que tenía — she threw out all her old junk (colloq)

b) (objeto insignificante)

con cuatro cachivaches puso una habitación preciosa — with just a few bits and pieces he made the room look really nice

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= gizmo [gismo], 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. 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 (fam)

a) (trasto inútil) piece of junk

ese cachivache no sirve para nada — that's just a useless piece of junk (colloq)

tiró todos los cachivaches que tenía — she threw out all her old junk (colloq)

b) (objeto insignificante)

con cuatro cachivaches puso una habitación preciosa — with just a few bits and pieces he made the room look really nice

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= gizmo [gismo], 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: 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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cachivache

masculine

(fam)

con cuatro cachivaches es capaz de poner una habitación preciosa with just a few bits and pieces o things he can make a room look really nice

recoge todos esos cachivaches que voy a poner la mesa clear away all that stuff, I'm going to set the table (colloq)

tiró todos los cachivaches que tenía en el desván she threw out all the junk she had in the attic (colloq)

esta aspiradora es un cachivache, nunca funciona this vacuum cleaner is absolutely useless, it never works

ese cachivache que se compró no sirve para nada that heap of junk she bought is useless (colloq)

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cachivache sustantivo masculino (fam) (trasto inútil) piece of junk;

◊ tiró todos los cachivaches que tenía she threw out all her old junk (colloq)

cachivache sustantivo masculino familiar knick-knack, piece of junk

'cachivache' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cacharro

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cachivache nm

Fam

1. [chisme] thingummy, thingumajig;

tiene el cuarto lleno de cachivaches his room is full of stuff

2. [trasto] piece of junk;

tira los cachivaches que no sirvan throw out anything that's just junk

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cachivache

m thing;

cachivaches pl (cosas) things, stuff sg fam ; (basura) junk sg

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cachivache nm, fam : thing

mete tus cachivaches en el maletero: put your stuff in the trunk