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De pacotilla


poli August 05, 2010 08:55 PM

De pacotilla
 
:thinking:

AngelicaDeAlquezar August 05, 2010 09:03 PM

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.

JPablo August 05, 2010 09:04 PM

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". :rolleyes: :)

CrOtALiTo August 08, 2010 01:18 PM

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.

JPablo August 09, 2010 01:56 AM

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, :thumbsdown: .

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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