WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| chafa adj mf | GT, MX: coloquial (de mala calidad) (colloquial) | shoddy, crappy adj |
| | (informal, US) | lame adj |
| | Luis se compró un carro chafa porque no tenía mucho dinero. |
| | Luis bought a crappy (or: shoddy) car because he was short on money. |
| chafa nf | NI (broma, burla) | jibe n |
| | | joke n |
| | (uncountable) | teasing n |
| | (dates) | chaff n |
| | ¡Ya no aguanto las chafas de mis compañeros! |
| | I can't stand my workmates jibes anymore! |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| chafar⇒ vtr | (aplastar algo) | flatten⇒, squash⇒, smash⇒ vtr |
| | El grandullón chafó la caja de un pisotón. |
| | The big boy flattened (or: squashed) the box with one stamp of his foot. |
| chafar vtr | (tela, material: arrugar) (cloth) | crease⇒, wrinkle⇒ vtr |
| | No duermas con la ropa puesta o chafarás toda tu ropa de vestir. |
| | Don't sleep with your clothes on or you are going to wrinkle (or: crease) it. |
| chafarse⇒ v prnl | (aplastarse) | get flattened vi + past p |
| | | become flat vi + adj |
| | | get squashed vi + past p |
| | Hicimos una fiesta en el jardín y el césped se chafó. |
| | We had a party in the garden and the lawn got flattened. |
| chafarse v prnl | (tela, material: arrugarse) | crease⇒ vi |
| | | get creased v expr |
| | Ana hizo la maleta a toda prisa y todas las blusas se chafaron. |
| Additional Translations |
| chafar⇒ vtr | (apabullar, intimidar) | leave speechless, leave wordless v expr |
| | | overwhelm⇒ vtr |
| | (formal, literary) | confound⇒ vtr |
| | La audiencia chafó al orador. |
| | The audience left the speaker speechless (or: wordless) |
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