antigualla
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la antigualla
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (pejorative) (old thing)
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
a. old piece of junk (colloquial) (pejorative)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
La señora tenía en el desván decenas de discos de pizarra y un hermoso gramófono que ella calificaba de "antigualla".In her attic, the woman had scores of shellac records and a beautiful phonograph which she called "old piece of junk."
b. relic of the past
En los ochenta, todo el mundo escuchaba música en su walkman, un aparato que hoy es una antigualla.In the eighties, everybody listened to music on their Walkmans, a gadget that's a relic of the past nowadays.
c. antique
Las computadoras que tenemos en clase son antiguallas lentísimas.The computers we have in our class are these super slow antiques.
d. museum piece
El enemigo tenía armas modernas, las nuestras eran antiguallas.The enemy had modern weapons, ours were museum pieces.
e. old beater (colloquial) (car)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
¿Seguro que sabes cómo se maneja esa antigualla? - Sí. Me encantan los carros de los setenta.Are you sure you know how to drive that old beater? - Yeah. I love seventies cars.
2. (pejorative) (old-fashioned person)
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
a. old fossil
No entiendo cómo puedes estar saliendo con esa antigualla.I don't understand how you can be dating that old fossil.
b. old fogy (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
Me sentía como una antigualla tratando de bailar al ritmo del reguetón con aquellos chicos.I felt like an old fogy trying to dance to reggaeton with those kids.
c. old fogey (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Serás joven, pero tienes mentalidad de antigualla.You may be young, but you think like an old fogey.
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