gacho

adj.

1 turned-down, drooping, bowed, downturned.

2 ugly, awful.

3 third-rate.

4 annoying, bothersome, irritating, irksome.

m.

slouch hat.

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gacho

► adjetivo

1 drooping, bent

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a gachas on all fours

con la cabeza gacha with one's head bowed

con las orejas gachas figurado with one's tail between one's legs

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ADJ

1) (=encorvado) bent down, turned downward; [cuerno] down-curved; [orejas] drooping, floppy

sombrero gacho — slouch hat

salió con las orejas gachas o con la cabeza gacha — he went out all down in the mouth *

- a cabeza gacha

2)

ir a gachas — * to go on all fours

3) Méx * (=feo) nasty, ugly; (=sin suerte) unlucky

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-cha adjetivo

1)

a) <orejas> drooping (before n)

un sombrero de alas gachas — a hat with a turned-down brim

con la cabeza gacha — with his head bowed

b)

a gachas — (agachado) crouching; (a gatas) on all fours

2) (Méx fam) (malo, feo) terrible, awful; (desagradable, molesto) annoying

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* con las orejas gachas = depressed.

* oreja gacha = drop ear.

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-cha adjetivo

1)

a) <orejas> drooping (before n)

un sombrero de alas gachas — a hat with a turned-down brim

con la cabeza gacha — with his head bowed

b)

a gachas — (agachado) crouching; (a gatas) on all fours

2) (Méx fam) (malo, feo) terrible, awful; (desagradable, molesto) annoying

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* con las orejas gachas = depressed.

* oreja gacha = drop ear.

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gacho¹ -cha

adjective

A

1 ‹orejas› drooping (before n)

un sombrero de alas gachas a hat with a turned-down brim

con la cabeza gacha with his head bowed, hanging his head

2

a gachas (agachado) crouching; (a gatas) on all fours

B

1 (Méx fam) (malo, feo) terrible, awful

la película estaba gachísima the movie was terrible o awful o was the pits (colloq)

2 (Méx fam) (desagradable, molesto) annoying

¡qué gacho! tengo que rehacerlo what a drag! o how annoying! I have to do it all over again (colloq)

su novia es bien gacha his girlfriend is a real pain in the neck (colloq)

gacho²

masculine

(RPl)

slouch hat

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Multiple Entries:
gacho    
gachó
gacho

◊ -cha adjetivo

a) ‹orejas› drooping (before n);

◊ con la cabeza gacha with his head bowed

b)

◊ a gachas (agachado) crouching;

(a gatas) on all fours
gacho,-a
I adj (cabeza) bowed, (orejas) drooping: llevaba la cabeza gacha, his head was hanging down
II gachas fpl oatmeal porridge
gachó m fam man: nos sentamos a hablar con un par de gachós, we sat down to chat to a couple of blokes
'gachó' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gacha
- gacho
English:
droop

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gacho, -a adj

1. [caído] drooping;

caminaba con la cabeza gacha he was walking along with his head bowed o hanging his head

2. Méx Fam [persona] nasty, rotten;

cómprame un helado, no seas gacho don't be rotten, buy me an ice cream

3. Méx Fam [objeto] awful, ghastly;

siempre lleva ropa muy gacha he always dresses in awful o ghastly clothes

4. Méx Fam [feo] ugly as sin

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gacho

adj

1 turned downward;

con las orejas gachas ashamed;

con la cabeza gacha hanging one’s head

2 Méx fam (cutre) ugly, horrible

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gacho, -cha adj

1) : drooping, turned downward

2) Mex fam : nasty, awful

3)

ir a gachas fam : to go on all fours