pacotilla

f.

1 venture, goods embarked in a ship on the private account of an individual.

Ser de pacotilla of poor quality

2 rabble, crowd, mob. (Andes & Central America)

3 trash.

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pacotilla

FRASEOLOGÍA

de pacotilla familiar second-rate

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SF

1) (=género) trash, junk, inferior stuff

de pacotilla — trashy, shoddy

hacer su pacotilla — to be doing nicely, make a nice profit

2) And, CAm, Cono Sur rabble, crowd, mob

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femenino trash

de pacotilla — <escritor> second-rate; <novela> trashy, second-rate; <reloj> cheap, shoddy

dictadores de pacotilla — tinpot dictators (colloq)

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femenino trash

de pacotilla — <escritor> second-rate; <novela> trashy, second-rate; <reloj> cheap, shoddy

dictadores de pacotilla — tinpot dictators (colloq)

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pacotilla

feminine

trash

de pacotilla ‹escritor› second-rate;

‹novela› trashy, second-rate; ‹reloj› cheap, shoddy

dictadores de pacotilla tinpot dictators (colloq)

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pacotilla sustantivo femenino
trash;

◊ de pacotilla ‹escritor/novela› second-rate;

‹reloj› cheap, shoddy
pacotilla f fam rubbish
de pacotilla, second-rate, two-bit: es una actor de pacotilla, he's a two-bit actor
dos candelabros de pacotilla descansaban sobre el piano, there were two tacky candelabras on the piano
'pacotilla' also found in these entries:
English:
tinpot

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pacotilla

♦ nf

Ven junk, trash

♦ de pacotilla loc adj

trashy, third-rate

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pacotilla

f

:

de pacotilla third-rate, lousy fam

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pacotilla nf

de pacotilla : shoddy, trashy