Describes the sheer nerve or extreme sluggishness of someone who acts with an infuriatingly slow pace, ignoring their responsibilities or the urgency of others. It refers to people who are both slow and shamelessly calm (a person like this is often called a cachazuo).
Look at the Cachaza on Ricardo, he arrived two hours late to the meeting and he is still sitting down to have coffee like it is no big deal.
The layer of scum and impurities that floats on the surface of sugarcane juice while it boils in the mills. Workers skim this residue off the large cooking vats to ensure the final product is pure (dulce de atado is a traditional Salvadoran block of unrefined whole cane sugar).
You have to skim all the cachaza off the sugarcane juice well so the sugar does not come out dirty.
Refers to a frustratingly slow pace or an annoying lack of urgency. It describes the aggravating calmness or sluggishness of someone who is taking their sweet time when they should be moving faster or showing some life.
Look at the cachaza on this guy, he has been getting dressed for an hour and we are going to be super late for dinner.
The sheer nerve, gall, or audacity shown by someone who is completely shameless or inconsiderate of others. It refers to a cynical boldness where a person acts in a rude or entitled manner without any embarrassment.
Look at the absolute cachaza of this guy, showing up two hours late to work and then having the balls to ask to leave early.
The layer of scum and sediment that floats on the surface of sugarcane juice during high-heat cooking. It is the waste that mill workers skim off the boiling liquid so the final block of unrefined sugar (papelón) is pure.
Watch out for the pot, the cachaza is already rising and we have to take it out before it spills over.
1. Extreme slowness or a lack of urgency in someone who takes forever to do things. 2. The scum or residue that forms during the processing of sugar cane juice (Sugar production is a historical pillar of the Cuban economy).
Used to describe someone who does everything with excessive calmness or lacks any sense of urgency. The word remains in the feminine form even when referring to a man.
Move your feet, you slowpoke cachaza, the train is going to leave us behind because of you!
Refers to the absolute nerve or audacity of a person who acts with total shamelessness and feels no embarrassment for their actions. It is that excessive gall shown when doing something wrong without flinching.
That guy has some serious cachaza, he has owed me money for six months and today he comes to ask me to lend him more for a beer!
The absolute nerve or shamelessness shown by someone who should be embarrassed but instead acts with bold audacity. It describes the cheekiness of someone who just does not care how their behavior looks to others.
Seriously, the cachaza on this guy: he has owed me money for months and today he asks me to buy him a beer!
Refers to the nerve, gall, or shamelessness of someone acting with total cynicism in a situation where they should feel embarrassed. It is the ability to be bold and act as if one has done nothing wrong.
That guy has such cachaza, he shows up two hours late to the meeting and the first thing he does is ask if they already ordered lunch!
Audacity, nerve, or shamelessness shown by someone doing something bold, out of place, or ridiculous.
Look at that guy swimming naked in the pool, he has some serious Cachaza; that big girl has some Cachaza, wearing those thong bikinis; that blonde has some Cachaza, kissing that idiot.