What does «cacharpas» mean in Spanish?
- Among gauchos, very luxurious or ostentatious garments, or country man's clothing.
♦ Used in: Argentina - Uruguay - Tools for saddling horses.
♦ Used in: Argentina - Uruguay - A set of clothing and personal belongings of the poor.
♦ Used in: Argentina - Uruguay - Clothing and belongings that someone takes with them on their travels.
♦ Used in: Argentina - Peru - Uruguay - Coats worn by fishermen on their boats and faluchos on the high seas.
♦ Used in: Chile - Junk such as pots, furniture and utensils of little value, broken or old; pots and pans.
♦ Used in: Bolivia - Ecuador - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua - Panama
Examples of use in Spanish: "acumuló cacharpas en su sótano durante años".
- Big old shoes.
- (cacharpa) A dilapidated, old or malfunctioning automobile.
♦ Used in: Ecuador - (cacharpa) Low denomination currency.
♦ Used in: Mexico - (cacharpa) Savl. Vaginal vulva.
- (cacharpo/a) Useless.
♦ Used in: Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua - (santa carcharpa) Attitude or way of doing something slowly without being disturbed.
♦ Used in: Bolivia