chapucería
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /t͡ʃapuθeˈɾia/ [t͡ʃa.pu.θeˈɾi.a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /t͡ʃapuseˈɾia/ [t͡ʃa.pu.seˈɾi.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: cha‧pu‧ce‧rí‧a
Noun
[edit]chapucería f (plural chapucerías)
- shoddiness, crudeness
- Synonym: tosquedad
- 2015 December 25, “Inaugura ministro de salud pública obras en Mayabeque › Cuba › Granma - Órgano oficial del PCC”, in Granma[1]:
- Debemos estar alertas contra la chapucería y el mal gusto; no podemos construir para hoy y mañana volver a invertir dinero y recursos por trabajos mal hechos”, aseveró.
- We must be vigilant against shoddiness and bad taste; we cannot build for today and tomorrow return to investing money and resources in poorly done work," he asserted.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- deception, hoax
Further reading
[edit]- “chapucería”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16