chatarra

f.

1 scrap (metal) (metal).

2 junk (objetos, piezas).

3 cheap and nasty jewelry (informal) (joyas).

4 small change (informal) (monedas).

5 scrap metal, waste iron, scrap iron, old iron.

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chatarra

► nombre femenino

1 (escoria) slag

2 (hierro viejo) scrap iron, scrap

3 familiar peyorativo (calderilla) small change

4 familiar peyorativo (joyas) junk jewellery (US jewelry)

5 familiar figurado (trasto) piece of junk

■ este máquina es una chatarra this machine is a piece of junk

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FRASEOLOGÍA

parque de chatarra scrap yard

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noun f.

scrap

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SF scrap, scrap iron

vender para chatarra — to sell for scrap

chatarra espacial — space junk

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I

adjetivo invariable (Méx)

comida chatarra — junk food

productos chatarra — cheap goods

empresas chatarra — second-rate companies

II

femenino

1) (Metal) scrap (metal)

el coche es pura chatarra — the car is just a heap of scrap

2) (fam) (calderilla) change, small o loose change

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= scrap, scrap metal, lemon, jalopy, cruft.

Ex. The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap.

Ex. It may look like junk, but to thieves scrap metal has become as good as gold.

Ex. The California Lemon Law act applies not only to defective cars (or 'lemons') but recreational vehicles as well.

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

Ex. This cruft doesn't harm the system, it merely takes up some space.

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I

adjetivo invariable (Méx)

comida chatarra — junk food

productos chatarra — cheap goods

empresas chatarra — second-rate companies

II

femenino

1) (Metal) scrap (metal)

el coche es pura chatarra — the car is just a heap of scrap

2) (fam) (calderilla) change, small o loose change

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= scrap, scrap metal, lemon, jalopy, cruft.

Ex: The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap.

Ex: It may look like junk, but to thieves scrap metal has become as good as gold.

Ex: The California Lemon Law act applies not only to defective cars (or 'lemons') but recreational vehicles as well.

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

Ex: This cruft doesn't harm the system, it merely takes up some space.

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chatarra¹

adj inv

(Méx): comida chatarra junk food

productos chatarra cheap o shoddy goods

empresas chatarra second-rate companies

chatarra²

feminine

A (Metal) scrap, scrap metal

el coche es pura chatarra the car is just a heap of scrap

B (fam) (calderilla) change, small o loose change

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chatarra adjetivo invariable (Méx):

◊ comida chatarra junk food;

productos chatarra cheap goods
■ sustantivo femenino (Metal) scrap (metal);
el coche es pura chatarra the car is just a heap of scrap
chatarra sustantivo femenino
1 scrap (metal), scrap iron
2 familiar (piece of) junk

'chatarra' also found in these entries:
English:
rickety
- scrap
- scrap iron
- junk food
- junkyard

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chatarra nf

1. [metal] scrap (metal)

2. [objetos, piezas] junk

3. Fam [joyas] cheap and nasty jewellery;

este anillo es pura chatarra this ring is a piece of tat

4. Fam [condecoraciones] brass, medals;

un general cargado de chatarra a general weighed down with medals

5. Fam [monedas] small change

6. Méx Fam [comida] junk food

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chatarra

f scrap

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chatarra nf

: scrap metal

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chatarra n

1. (metal) scrap

vendieron el coche como chatarra they sold their car for scrap

2. (monedas) small change

llevo un montón de chatarra I've got loads of small change