pocho

adj.

faded, pale, discolored, off color.

m.

person living near the US border.

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pocho

► adjetivo

1 familiar (planta) faded

2 familiar (alimento) bad

3 familiar (persona) off-colour (US off-color), poorly

■ estoy pocha I feel poorly

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pocho, -a

1. ADJ

1) (=estropeado) [flor] withered; [persona] peaky *, off-colour *, off-color (EEUU) *; [fruta] soft, overripe

2) [color] faded

3) (=deprimido) depressed, gloomy

4) Cono Sur (=gordito) chubby; (=bajo) squat

2.

SM / F Méx United States national of Mexican origin , Mexican-American

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I

-cha adjetivo

a) (Esp fam) <persona> (pálido) off-color, peaked (AmE colloq); (abatido) depressed

b) <fruta> overripe; <flor> withered

II

-cha masculino, femenino (Méx fam) person of Mexican origin who speaks Spanish heavily interspersed with English

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= mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.], poorly.

Ex. Microwaved stuff is always mushier than if you put it into the oven.

Ex. Tuan is his new father figure after his real dad sadly died after being poorly for a long time.

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I

-cha adjetivo

a) (Esp fam) <persona> (pálido) off-color, peaked (AmE colloq); (abatido) depressed

b) <fruta> overripe; <flor> withered

II

-cha masculino, femenino (Méx fam) person of Mexican origin who speaks Spanish heavily interspersed with English

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= mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.], poorly.

Ex: Microwaved stuff is always mushier than if you put it into the oven.

Ex: Tuan is his new father figure after his real dad sadly died after being poorly for a long time.

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pocho¹ -cha

adjective

(fam); off-color, peaked (AmE colloq), peaky (BrE colloq)

esas flores están un poco pochas those flowers look a bit sad o are a bit past it (colloq)

una manzana pocha a soft o an overripe apple

pocho² -cha

masculine, feminine

(Méx fam)

1 (persona) Americanized Mexican living in the USA

2

pocho masculine (Ling) Spanglish

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pocho

◊ -cha adjetivo

a) (Esp fam) [estar] ‹persona› off-color, peaked (AmE colloq)

b) ‹fruta› overripe;

‹flor› withered

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pocho, -a

♦ adj

1. [persona] off-colour

2. [fruta] over-ripe

3. Méx Fam [americanizado] Americanized

4. RP Fam [ordinario] tacky

♦ nm

Méx Fam = mixture of Spanish and English

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pocho

adj

1 planta sick

2 de ánimo down

3 (con mala salud) off-color, Br

off-colour