cachaza

la cachaza(
kah
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chah
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sah
)
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
feminine noun
a. sluggishness
Genaro camina con muchísima cachaza cuando salimos, y eso me desespera.Genaro walks with incredible sluggishness when we go out, and it's exasperating.
Esto es serio y urgente. ¡No es momento para tener cachaza!This is serious and urgent. It's not the time for sluggishness!
b. slowness
Su cachaza al empacar hizo que llegáramos tarde al aeropuerto.Her slowness when packing made us arrive late to the airport.
2. (beverage)
Regionalism used in Chile
(Chile)
Regionalism used in Puerto Rico
(Puerto Rico)
a. cachaça
Manuel me trajo una botella de cachaza de Brasil porque sabe que me encanta el ron.Manuel brought me a bottle of cachaça from his trip to Brazil because he knows that I love rum.
3.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(insolence)
Regionalism used in Colombia
(Colombia)
Regionalism used in the Dominican Republic
(Dominican Republic)
Regionalism used in Ecuador
(Ecuador)
a. nerve
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
Pamela tuvo la cachaza de preguntarle al maestro algo sumamente privado.Pamela had the nerve to ask the teacher something extremely intimate.
b. cheek
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
¿Cómo tuviste la cachaza para hablarle así a tu suegra?How could you have the cheek to talk to your mother-in-law like that?
4. (outer crust of a coconut)
Regionalism used in Puerto Rico
(Puerto Rico)
a. coir
La cachaza es tan fibrosa que se usa comúnmente para hacer cuerdas.Coir is so fibrous that it's commonly used to make ropes.
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