shabby

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈʃæbi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈʃæbi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(shabē)

Inflections of 'shabby' (adj):
shabbier
adj comparative
shabbiest
adj superlative
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
shabby adj ([sth]: worn)desgastado adj
  gastado/a adj
  raído/a adj
 Simon's furniture must have been nice when he bought it, but now it's shabby.
 Los muebles de Simon tenían que ser bonitos cuando los compró, pero ahora están desgastados.
shabby adj (person: wearing worn clothes)harapiento/a adj
  dejado/a adj
  andrajoso/a adj
 A shabby man knocked on the door; his suit was good quality, but very old and becoming ragged in places.
 Un hombre harapiento llamó a la puerta. Su traje parecía de buena calidad, pero estaba muy viejo y empezaba a descoserse por varias partes.
shabby adj figurative, informal (actions: despicable) (acción)mezquino/a adj
  malvado/a adj
 When Amy discovered that Dawn had been telling tales about her to the boss, she thought it was a shabby way to behave.
 Cuando Amy se dio cuenta de que Dawn le había estado contando historias sobre ella al jefe, pensó que se estaba comportando de forma muy mezquina.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
Not too shabby interj informal (expressing that [sth] is good)nada mal loc interj
not too shabby adj informal (good)nada mal loc adj
shabby-looking adj (unkempt, messy)desaliñado/a adj
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Collocations: a shabby [man, boy, person, guy, kid, individual], a teenager in shabby [pants, jeans, clothes], the [pants] are starting to [get, look] shabby, more...

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