chafa

See also: chafá

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃafa/ [ˈt͡ʃa.fa]
• Rhymes: -afa
• Syllabification: cha‧fa

Adjective

chafa m or f (masculine and feminine plural chafas)

1. (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) cheap, low quality; lame

   Synonym: chungo

Verb

chafa

1. inflection of chafar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “chafa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “chafa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “chafa”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
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