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ñaca

A derogatory term for a poor, uneducated woman who acts as if she is high-class, beautiful, or superior. She is considered trashy, arrogant, and rude, typically coming from a low-income neighborhood or informal slum (asentamientos are often precarious housing settlements in urban areas) but pretending to be something she is not.

That woman is a total ñaca, she is a shameless person who thinks she is all that.

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Guatemalaby AnónimoWord of the day · December 11, 2015

ñaca

A person who is tacky, trashy, or uncouth, lacking style or refinement (it is a common Mexican term that often carries classist overtones, used to mock someone for their perceived lack of social grace).

"That girl is a naca" "I do not hang out with nacos" "You look so naca!"

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Méxicoby Lara

ñaca

A slang expression meaning no way or not a chance, typically used in the rhyming phrase naca la pirinaca (a pirinaca is a traditional spinning top). It also refers to a street-involved woman who stands outside parties to ask for money.

Are you going to give me the homework? Naca la pirinaca, do it yourself.

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Chileby Weón Penca

ñaca

An exclamation used to emphasize a sudden action or immediate change. It serves as a verbal sound effect, similar to bam or snap, to mark a precise moment or quick movement in a story.

We were finishing dinner and, ñaca, the power went out on the whole block.

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Españaby Madrileño Castizo

ñaca

A trashy woman from a poor background who acts like she is high class or beautiful. It describes someone who is rude, uneducated, and arrogant, usually living in a shanty town but pretending to be something she is not (asentamientos are informal settlements in urban areas).

That woman is a total ñaca, she is a vulgar person who thinks she is all that.

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Guatemalaby Anónimo

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