Chafillas
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Raindog
June 10, 2012, 12:44 PM
Porque estoy hasta la madre con tus traduciones chafillas.
Because I'm fed up with your ******** translations.
I can't find a translation for the word chafilla.
Thanks for your help.
chileno
June 10, 2012, 02:24 PM
Incomplete or half ass or shoddy etc.
aleCcowaN
June 10, 2012, 03:21 PM
But a diminutive is used (chafilla, from Mexican chafa, cheap, trashy, shoddy) so it's toned down a bit.
AngelicaDeAlquezar
June 10, 2012, 05:02 PM
For a Mexican ear, it's not necessarily "toned down"; it can rather mean that translations are so bad, that they cannot even be "chafas".
Many people here use suffixes "-illo", "-illa" with a pejorative meaning.
If I had to say the original sentence in English, I'd probably say: "I'm fed up with your lousy translations".
Raindog
June 10, 2012, 06:14 PM
Thanks everyone. I should have thought of the diminutive.
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