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chapuza.

work, especially maintenance and involving manual labor, of little importance; odd job; jury-rigged

7 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/t͡ʃaˈpuθa/[t͡ʃaˈpu.θa]/t͡ʃaˈpusa/[t͡ʃaˈpu.sa]
  1. work, especially maintenance and involving manual labor, of little importance; odd job; jury-rigged

    colloquial · feminine
  2. something poorly done; botched job, shoddy work, botch

    colloquial · feminine
  3. cheat, trick, cheating, deceit (specially in sports, games, gambling, elections, seldom in commerce, almost never in sentimental relationships)

    Mexico · colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from chapuzar.

verb
  1. inflection of chapuzar: third-person singular present indicative

    colloquial · form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of chapuzar: second-person singular imperative

    colloquial · form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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