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chafa

  • [ˈt͡ʃafa]

Rhymes with a.fa

Where it comes from

De origen incierto, quizá del inglés chaff (desperdicio, sin valor).

adjective chafas

  1. Mexico De mala calidad.
  2. Guatemala, noun Dicho de una persona: militar (que está en el ejército).

    Similar: castrense, militar

noun chafas

  1. Nicaragua, colloquial Broma, burla.

In English

  • cheap of poor quality
  • tacky colloquial: of low quality
  • lame slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
  • shoddy of poor quality

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"chafa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/es/chafa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

chafa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/es/chafa

Chicago

"chafa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/es/chafa.

BibTeX
@misc{chafa_2026,
  title = {chafa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/chafa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}