A more full definition of "mamarracho"

Question

Can someone please give me a better definition for mamarracho? Our dictionary here seems insufficient. Thank you.

Answer 1

RAE

mamarracho. (Del ár. hisp. *muharráǧ o *muharríǧ, y este del ár. muharriǧ, bufón).

1. m. coloq. Persona o cosa defectuosa, ridícula o extravagante.

2. m. coloq. Cosa imperfecta.

3. m. coloq. Hombre informal, no merecedor de respeto.

Answer 2

Do you like 'a dog's dinner' ?

• ¡Me encanta tu tira cómica, Margarita! - gone Feb 16, 2011
• Oh maaaaan! I was just about to post that picture! :-D - Gekkosan Feb 16, 2011
• Yowies, ¡no puedo creerlo! - margaretbl Feb 16, 2011
• Macanudo, by Liniers, is an awaesome comic strip! - Gekkosan Feb 16, 2011

Answer 3

More explanation:

mamarracho.

(Del ár. hisp. *muharráǧ o *muharríǧ, y este del ár. muharriǧ, bufón).

1. m. coloq. Persona o cosa defectuosa, ridícula o extravagante.

2. m. coloq. Cosa imperfecta.

3. m. coloq. Hombre informal, no merecedor de respeto.

Real Academia Española © Todos los derechos reservados

Answer 4

Un mamarracho puede ser un tonto, idiota, payaso, mequetrefe. Depende del contexto. Lo único que te puedo decir es que es un insulto.

Answer 5

Un auténtico mamarracho.

• yup! that's it! - margaretbl Feb 16, 2011
• Hahaha, so mean :P - ZooZoo Feb 16, 2011

Answer 6

My dictionary gives this example:

"estaba hecho un mamarracho...He looked a complete mess"

Answer 7

Be mindful with that word. Even among spanish speakers that seems to have a bad feeling to it, it could very well be an insult too.

Answer 8

For whatever it's worth, another dictionary defines it (in English): mamarracho, a * a] sm/f (=persona) sight *
"estaba hecho un mamarracho" => he looked a sight -o- a complete mess *

b] sm (=objeto) monstrosity * , sight

So kind of close to what our SD has, I suppose...(sorry Flav!)

• Hmmm, here's an example of my attempt to 'edit' by adding a photo, and this is what resulted. Auxilio... - cristalino Feb 16, 2011
• The SD plaform will not display images whose URL has spaces. You can convert the URL using a service such as bitly or tinyurl. I used bitly in this case. Lovely pic. :-P - Gekkosan Feb 16, 2011
• Gekko, thanks a million! Using bit.ly like a champ... do you recommend "shrinking" all URLs just as a precaution? - cristalino Feb 16, 2011