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August 05, 2010, 09:03 PM
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Que es de mala calidad, hecho sin ningún cuidado, ser una mala imitación de algo...
Es un maestro de pacotilla -> He's a so-called teacher. Es una porcelana de pacotilla -> This is obviously not porcelain. Es un atleta de pacotilla -> He's not a good athlete. Very common and widely used expression.
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August 05, 2010, 09:04 PM
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Oxford Superlex gives,
pacotilla f trash; de pacotilla ‹ escritor › second-rate; ‹ novela › trashy, second-rate; ‹ reloj › cheap, shoddy; dictadores de pacotilla tinpot dictators (colloq) Like, "of inferior quality".  
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Lo propio de la verdad es que se basta a sí misma, aquel que la posee no intenta convencer a nadie. "An enemy is somebody who flatters you. A friend is somebody who criticizes the living daylights out of you." Last edited by JPablo; August 05, 2010 at 09:05 PM. Reason: I agree with Angelica, I wrote while she was posting.
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August 08, 2010, 01:18 PM
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I have listened the word for the use of a silly person.
It's my own point. I'm not certainly sure if the word could be use fairly for name someone silly.
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August 09, 2010, 01:56 AM
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Thank you, CrOtALiTo. While I must admit that a silly person will create and/or do second-rate 'products', or 'trashy stuff', I've never seen 'de pacotilla' used as you indicate, 'persona de pacotilla' as 'silly person'? No,
 . I would rather go with something like "rockero de pacotilla" "rocker wannabe" (ie., somebody "who wants to be" a rocker, but his quality if 'shoddy', and/or second-rate). Does that make sense?
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