What does «chifleta» mean in Spanish?
- Satirical joke, spicy mockery, spoof.
♦ Used in: Honduras - Mexico - A message that someone uses to not explicitly or clearly mean something, but to imply it nevertheless; indirect, usually offensive.
♦ Used in: Mexico - Nicaragua - Salvador
Examples of use in Spanish: "Otra de mis recomendaciones es que jamás, cuando quieran decir algo, lo hagan recurriendo a la vulgar chifleta".
- Crazy, not very sane, thoughtless.
♦ Used in: Chile - Spain
Examples of use in Spanish: "me parece que está un poco chifleta".
- A person who is not attentive to anything, who does not pay attention to what he is told.
♦ Used in: Spain - Chifla (fish). Also called vieja, purriela and tarraya.
♦ Used in: Spain - (¡calienta más que una chifleta!) Ironic phrase used when a cold person receives a coat that is too thin.