- 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.* * *chatarra► nombre femenino1 (escoria) slag2 (hierro viejo) scrap iron, scrap3 familiar peyorativo (calderilla) small change4 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\FRASEOLOGÍAparque de chatarra scrap yard* * *noun f.scrap* * *SF scrap, scrap iron
vender para chatarra — to sell for scrap
chatarra espacial — space junk
* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Méx)comida chatarra — junk food
productos chatarra — cheap goods
IIempresas chatarra — second-rate companies
femenino1) (Metal) scrap (metal)el coche es pura chatarra — the car is just a heap of scrap
2) (fam) (calderilla) change, small o loose change* * *= 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.* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Méx)comida chatarra — junk food
productos chatarra — cheap goods
IIempresas chatarra — second-rate companies
femenino1) (Metal) scrap (metal)el coche es pura chatarra — the car is just a heap of scrap
2) (fam) (calderilla) change, small o loose change* * *= 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.* * *chatarra1adj inv(Méx): comida chatarra junk foodproductos chatarra cheap o shoddy goodsempresas chatarra second-rate companieschatarra2feminineA (Metal) scrap, scrap metalel coche es pura chatarra the car is just a heap of scrapB (fam) (calderilla) change, small o loose change* * *
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
* * *chatarra nf1. [metal] scrap (metal)2. [objetos, piezas] junk3. Fam [joyas] cheap and nasty jewellery;este anillo es pura chatarra this ring is a piece of tat4. Fam [condecoraciones] brass, medals;un general cargado de chatarra a general weighed down with medals5. Fam [monedas] small change6. Méx Fam [comida] junk food* * *chatarraf scrap* * *chatarra nf: scrap metal* * *chatarra n1. (metal) scrapvendieron el coche como chatarra they sold their car for scrap2. (monedas) small changellevo un montón de chatarra I've got loads of small change
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.