pinche

adj.

1 damn(informal). (Mexican Spanish)

2 stingy, mean, cheapskate, miserly.

3 despicable, horrible, abominable, contemptible.

4 lousy, run-down, third-rate, crummy.

f. & m.

kitchen boy, (f) maid.

m.

kitchen boy, scullion.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: pinchar.

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pinche

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (de cocina) kitchen assistant

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1. ADJ

1) Méx ** (=maldito) bloody **, lousy **

todo por unos pinches centavos — all for a few measly cents

2) CAm, Méx (=miserable) wretched

3) CAm * (=tacaño) stingy, tight-fisted

2. SMF

1) [de cocina] kitchen hand, kitchen-boy

2) Cono Sur (=oficinista) minor office clerk; (=criminal) small-time criminal

3) Caribe, Méx (=granuja) rascal

3. SM

1) And (=jamelgo) nag

2) Cono Sur (=horquilla) hairpin, bobby pin (EEUU)

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I

adjetivo

a) (AmL exc CS fam) (delante del n) (maldito)

pinche vida! — what a (lousy o rotten) life!

por unos pinches pesos — for a few measly pesos (colloq)

¿por qué no nos vamos de este pinche sitio? — let's get out of this damn place!

b) (Méx fam) (de poca calidad) lousy (colloq); (despreciable) horrible

c) (AmC fam) (tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)

II

masculino y femenino

a) (Coc) kitchen assistant

b) (Esp) (en una oficina) office junior

c) (fam) (de albañil) mate (colloq)

III

masculino

1) (Esp) (Jueg) ante, stake money

2) (Chi) (para el pelo) bobby pin (AmE), hairgrip (BrE)

3) (Chi fam) (persona)

tiene muchos pinches — she has a lot of admirers

su nuevo pinche — her new man

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= bus boy, bus person.

Ex. However, in addition to the couple of examples that Ms Marshall cited from the extant and altogether active LC subject thesaurus, there are also bus boys, MAN, LUMBERMEN, LONGSHOREMEN, FISHERMEN, etc.

Ex. The professions included auto mechanic, snack bar employee at a beach club, vegetable and fruit stand owner, bus person at a restaurant, meteorologist, and land surveyor.

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I

adjetivo

a) (AmL exc CS fam) (delante del n) (maldito)

pinche vida! — what a (lousy o rotten) life!

por unos pinches pesos — for a few measly pesos (colloq)

¿por qué no nos vamos de este pinche sitio? — let's get out of this damn place!

b) (Méx fam) (de poca calidad) lousy (colloq); (despreciable) horrible

c) (AmC fam) (tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)

II

masculino y femenino

a) (Coc) kitchen assistant

b) (Esp) (en una oficina) office junior

c) (fam) (de albañil) mate (colloq)

III

masculino

1) (Esp) (Jueg) ante, stake money

2) (Chi) (para el pelo) bobby pin (AmE), hairgrip (BrE)

3) (Chi fam) (persona)

tiene muchos pinches — she has a lot of admirers

su nuevo pinche — her new man

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= bus boy, bus person.

Ex: However, in addition to the couple of examples that Ms Marshall cited from the extant and altogether active LC subject thesaurus, there are also bus boys, MAN, LUMBERMEN, LONGSHOREMEN, FISHERMEN, etc.

Ex: The professions included auto mechanic, snack bar employee at a beach club, vegetable and fruit stand owner, bus person at a restaurant, meteorologist, and land surveyor.

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pinche¹

adjective

1

(AmL fam) (delante del n) (maldito): ¡pinche vida! what a (lousy o rotten) life!

me robaron mi pinche portafolios they stole my damn o (BrE) bloody briefcase (colloq)

por unos pinches pesos for a few miserable o crummy o measly pesos (colloq)

¿por qué no nos vamos de este pinche sitio? let's get out of this damn place!

2 (Méx fam) (de poca calidad) lousy (colloq)

3 (Méx fam) (despreciable) horrible

4 (AmC fam) (tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)

pinche²

masculine and feminine

1 (Coc) kitchen porter, kitchen assistant

2 (en una oficina) office junior

3 (fam) (de albañil) mate (colloq)

pinche³

masculine

A (Esp) (Jueg) ante, stake money

B (Chi) (para el pelo) bobby pin (AmE), hairgrip (BrE)

C (Arg) (de una planta) pincho m A. (↑ pincho)

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Del verbo pinchar: (conjugate pinchar)

pinché es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

pinche es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
pinchar    
pinche
pinchar (conjugate pinchar) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹globo/balón› to burst;

‹rueda› to puncture

b) (con alfiler, espina) to prick

c) (para recoger) to spear

2 (fam) (poner una inyección) to give … a shot (colloq)
3 ‹teléfono› to tap, bug
4 (Inf) to click on
5 (Esp fam) ‹discos› to play
verbo intransitivo
1 [planta] to be prickly
2 (Auto) to get a flat (tire^{(conjugate tire)}), get a puncture
3 (Chi fam) (con el sexo opuesto) See Also→ ligar verbo intransitivo
pincharse verbo pronominal
1 (refl) [persona] (accidentalmente) to prick oneself;
(inyectarse) (fam) to shoot up (sl), to jack up (sl)
2 [rueda] to puncture;
[globo/balón] to burst;

◊ se me pinchó un neumático I got a flat (tire^{(conjugate tire)}) o a puncture

pinche adjetivo

a) (AmL exc CS fam) (delante del n) (maldito):

◊ ¡pinche vida! what a (lousy o rotten) life!;

por unos pinches pesos for a few measly pesos (colloq);
vámonos de este pinche lugar let's get out of this damn place!

b) (Méx fam) (de poca calidad) lousy (colloq);

(despreciable) horrible

c) (AmC fam) (tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)

■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Coc) kitchen assistant
pinchar
I verbo transitivo
1 (con algo punzante) to prick
2 (un balón, globo, etc) to burst
3 (una rueda) to puncture
4 Med to give an injection [to]
5 (un teléfono, etc) to bug, tap
6 (discos) to play
7 (provocar) to needle, egg sb on
II verbo intransitivo
1 (una planta, espina, etc) to prickle
2 Auto to get a flat tyre
♦ Locuciones: ni pinchar ni cortar, to cut no ice
pinche sustantivo masculino (de cocina) kitchen assistant
'pinche' also found in these entries:
English:
flub
- prick
- bloody
- bobby
- damn
- grip
- hair
- jab
- spike

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pinche¹ nmf

1. [de cocina] kitchen boy, f kitchen maid

2. RP Fam [en oficina] office junior;

Fig

yo no sé nada, acá soy el pinche I don't know anything, I'm nobody round here

3. Chile [horquilla] hairgrip, hairpin

pinche² adj

Méx Fam damn, Br bloody;

¡ese pinche perro! that damn o Br bloody dog!;

no es más que un pinche campesino he's just a lousy o Br bloody peasant

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pinche

1 m cook’s assistant

pinche

2 adj

1 Méx fam (mezquino) rotten fam

2 C.Am., Méx (tacaño) tight-fisted