chabacano

adj.

1 coarse, low-minded, vulgar, lurid.

2 gullible.

m.

1 apricot.

2 gawk.

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chabacano

► adjetivo

1 coarse, vulgar

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I

ADJ [chiste] vulgar, coarse, in bad taste; [objeto] cheap; [trabajo] shoddy

II

SM Méx apricot, apricot tree

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I

-na adjetivo <ropa/decoración> gaudy, tasteless; <espectáculo/persona> vulgar; <chiste/cuento> coarse, tasteless

II

masculino (Méx) (árbol) apricot tree; (fruta) apricot

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= gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], vulgar, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], gawky, garish, lurid, tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].

Ex. Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.

Ex. This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.

Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.

Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.

Ex. Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.

Ex. When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.

Ex. Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.

Ex. In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.

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* demasiado chabacano = all too shabby.

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I

-na adjetivo <ropa/decoración> gaudy, tasteless; <espectáculo/persona> vulgar; <chiste/cuento> coarse, tasteless

II

masculino (Méx) (árbol) apricot tree; (fruta) apricot

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= gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], vulgar, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], gawky, garish, lurid, tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].

Ex: Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.

Ex: This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.

Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.

Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.

Ex: Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.

Ex: When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.

Ex: Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.

Ex: In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.

* demasiado chabacano = all too shabby.

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chabacano¹ -na

adjective

1 ‹ropa/decoración› gaudy, tasteless, tawdry, vulgar, tacky (colloq); ‹espectáculo› vulgar, tasteless; ‹persona› vulgar; ‹chiste/cuento› coarse, tasteless

2 (Méx) (simple, ingenuo) gullible

chabacano²

masculine

A (Ling) pidgin Spanish (spoken in the Philippines)

B (Méx) (árbol) apricot tree; (fruta) apricot

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chabacano 1

◊ -na adjetivo ‹ropa/decoración› gaudy, tasteless;

‹espectáculo/persona› vulgar;
‹chiste/cuento› coarse, tasteless
chabacano 2 sustantivo masculino (Méx) (árbol) apricot tree;
(fruta) apricot
chabacano,-a adj pey (de mal gusto) cheap
'chabacano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chabacana
English:
tacky
- apricot

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chabacano, -a

♦ adj

vulgar

♦ nm

1. [lengua] = Spanish creole spoken in some parts of the Philippines

2. Méx [fruto] apricot

3. Méx [árbol] apricot tree

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chabacano

I adj vulgar, tacky fam

II m Méx

apricot

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chabacano, -na adj

: tacky, tasteless

chabacano nm, Mex : apricot