Definitions tagged inutil in the street dictionary.
A person who is completely lazy, idle, or lacks any motivation to do anything.
Lucia's cousin is slumped on the couch, watching TV and eating fried snacks. He is such an Orgazan that he won't even exercise.
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A contraction of Estas en panga. It expresses disapproval toward someone else's behavior or choice, suggesting it is low-quality, lame, or worthless (a panga is a small, basic fishing boat, used here to imply a lack of status or quality).
A: Jose, look at the phone I bought. B: That cheap piece of junk that no one uses anymore? Tas en panga, man.
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It means you are useless or that you do not know how to do things right. It is used as a synonym for being 'en panga' (a Panamanian expression for being incompetent or of low quality).
A: Last night I got a flat tire with my girlfriend in the car and I had to call a tow truck, because I do not know how to change that thing. B: Oh, no, man, Eres un plomo.
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An insult used to emphasize that someone is completely useless or a total idiot. (Gil is a common Argentinian term for a fool, and adding de hule, meaning of rubber or oilcloth, suggests the person is flimsy, cheap, or a pathetic loser).
Are you really going to tell me what I have to do, gil de hule!?
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A loser, screw-up, or someone completely incompetent in their duties or life. It refers to a person who fails to succeed or lives in poor conditions specifically because of their own lack of skill or basic usefulness.
What a perrón, he blew all his money at the casino! : There is a guy at the office who is such a perrón that you have to help him use the copier.
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A person who is incompetent or useless at a specific task. It refers to someone who is dead weight and whose presence is more of a hindrance than a help.
My brother is a Bulto when it comes to cooking. | You still haven't learned to drive? What a Bulto!
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In the province of Ciudad Real, a useless or lazy person. Local husbands claim the term refers to how a flowerpot just sits there and produces nothing. Local wives argue the name comes from the fact that a flowerpot actually moves, specifically toward their husbands' heads when they are being lazy. (A tiesto is literally a clay flowerpot).
His son is a tiesto, he is not good for anything.
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A shortened version of guevon. While the full word can mean dummy or moron, this clipped version is used informally among friends similar to dude or bro.
Hey won, what is up? All good my won, see you later.
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A vulgar insult used to offend someone, equivalent to calling them a son of a bitch. (In Venezuela, chucuto describes something cut short or docked, but in this phrase, it functions as a harsh derogatory term).
'Get out of my way, hijo de la chucuta' and 'Look, hijo de la chucuta, don't you insult me.'
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An insult used to call someone useless, stupid, or incompetent. It is a very common way to berate someone for their lack of ability or for being a dummy.
You are such a guevon. Move it, guevon.
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A useless or worthless horse (literally, a tick).
Your horse is a garrapata.
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Describes something of poor quality, trashy, or shoddy. It refers to items that are cheaply made, flimsy, or worthless imitations.
the de pacotilla shoes
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Refers to a person or object that is useless, low quality, trashy, or a waste of space. Regarding people, it describes someone ungrateful, unreliable, or rude, typically associated with a very low-class way of speaking (referring to the Colombian socioeconomic stratification system where estrato 1 is the lowest and 6 is the highest).
That asshole Bruce ate three burgers today and did not share; what a chanda guy! Those chanda headphones already crapped out on me after just one day of use. That fucking idiot Gus walked into the room with a serious chanda face!
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A term for someone who is being stupid, acting like a dummy, or playing the fool. (It is a phonetic spelling of the name Igor, often implying a clumsy or simple-minded character).
When I went to visit my friend I saw her heating a pan with a lighter right next to the stove, what an aigor. Sonia challenged the best foosball player in the bar thinking she would win, what an aigor. You have to be an aigor to try to light a lighter underwater. Knowing he would lose, he acted like an aigor and bet anyway.
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A good-for-nothing or a total screw-up. In the Canary Islands, it refers to a shady opportunist or a petty thief who tries to scam people (mostly used in the Canary Islands).
In the Canary Islands, a canchanchan is a crook or a scammer. The term comes from the English phrase 'Catch all you can!' used by sailors in Canarian ports. When they tried to cheat buyers with bad products, the phrase 'This guy is a canchanchan' was used to describe a crooked merchant.
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A manipulative person who plays the victim to get pity. It is also used as a derogatory term for a gay man who lives alone and is rejected by others.
Juan, do not be a Laurino.
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Someone who acts impulsively or without thinking things through, often appearing scatterbrained, dazed, or reckless in their speech and actions.
That kid is good, but he is very atolondrado.
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In Cuba this is a term for a male hog or boar. It is also used to describe a person who is lazy, useless, or an idiot.
They castrated Jose's berraco today. That guy is a berraco for making Maria suffer.
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A slow-witted, dense, or scatterbrained person. It describes someone who is constantly spaced out, lacks initiative, or is just generally useless and slow to catch on.
An atembao is someone who needs you to repeat things to them tirelessly just so they can finally process and understand.
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A useless person or a total bum who contributes nothing.
Someone who doesn't work and wants everything done for them is a chatarra.
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A fool or a useless person. A derogatory term used to describe someone as stupid or incompetent.
What would that guy know? He is a total vejerto.
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Refers to a person who is extremely annoying, insufferable, or a total pest. It is also used to describe someone who is incompetent or good for nothing. (The term literally combines the verb for shitting with the name of a traditional Spanish string instrument.)
You are a real CAGABANDURRIAS!
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A person or thing of very little value because it is useless or functions poorly.
that guy bought a pichurria of a car!
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Big, bad, and expensive: used to describe a player, often a foreigner, who looks physically imposing and earns a high salary but performs poorly (common in Dominican baseball to describe disappointing imports).
That gringo first baseman is a GMC, he can't hit a thing.
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A weak, spineless person who is completely dependent on others and lacks the initiative to do anything for themselves.
My boss is a ñiñinga.
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Used in Argentina and the River Plate region to describe someone who acts without thinking, a dummy, or a dork. It does not refer to clinical mental disabilities, but rather to people who are foolish, dimwitted, or act as if their brain is just for decoration (Literally means turnip).
Norberto is a real Nabo, he was told to look for work and he stays home watching TV. Ricardo is 54 years old and he is a nabo because he is told not to shout in the library and he does it anyway.
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Adjective. Used to describe an object or person as fake, useless, poor quality, or generally horrible. (In Argentina, this term comes from flipping the syllables of the verb cagar, to shit, and is most frequently used to describe a swindler or a scumbag).
These sneakers are a total garca, meaning they are poor quality or look like garbage.
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A person who has their brains in their ass, used to describe someone who is extremely dimwitted or completely lacking common sense.
A total animal, a beast! A lazy bum, a useless loser!
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1. A nobody or someone of little importance. 2. A useless person or freeloader who consumes resources without contributing. 3. A cheapskate or stingy person (literally means food-eater).
This business would be doing better if there were not so many comecomías.
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A weakling or someone who lacks grit and stamina, whether physical or mental (literally referring to animal lungs or offal, implying something soft or of low quality).
Roberto is a bofe when playing soccer.
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A useless person or someone performing a pointless action. It describes a chump or someone who gets played. (The term stems from the idea that while neutering pigs is productive for farming, neutering a dog serves no purpose, making the effort a waste of time).
Roberto waited for her all day and in the end she went out with Juan, he looked like a total capaperro.
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A derogatory term used to describe a worthless person or a loser who is seen as having no value.
That come mierda is good for nothing.
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A word for a complete idiot or a dummy (referencing the character from Scooby-Doo who is seen as slow or dim-witted).
The Scooby-Doo character named shaggy, who is a bigger dumbass than Scooby-Doo the dog himself.
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Crap, junk, or something that is totally useless.
This thing is gino.
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A lazy, useless, or foolish person. Used to describe someone who is a total slacker, a good-for-nothing, or a spineless pushover.
That guy is a bolsípeta, his wife left him for another man.
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A term used to describe a person or object as total trash, a piece of shit, or a parasite.
My boyfriend spends all his time with his friend Sagrario, she is a slut who wants to steal him from me, she is an escoria of a woman.
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A useless gadget or gimmick that someone buys thinking it will be handy, but it ends up being a waste of money or just gathering dust.
Buying that food processor was an embeleco, because I never use it.
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A useless person, mostly known for being a loose woman or a slut and for being so stupid she could not draw an O with a tube (a Spanish idiom used to describe someone completely ignorant).
Those bakalas (a Spanish youth subculture associated with electronic music and a flashy, working-class aesthetic).
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A popular expression used to tell someone to quit being lazy and do something productive or useful (literally do something for the homeland).
Listen kid, you spend the whole day playing Nintendo. Look, Haz algo por la patria and clean your room and do your laundry.
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A puppet or rag doll: used figuratively to describe a weak-willed person who is easily manipulated by others. It refers to a simpleton or a pushover who lacks a backbone.
My cousin is a pelele, his wife manipulates him for everything. He is a fool.
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A clumsy or foolish person who constantly screws things up and can't get anything right.
That guy is such a ñemo! He can't even handle that load because he is a total ñemo.
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A term for a person who avoids work and dislikes any kind of physical effort: a lazy bum or slacker.
That guy is a sangano, he spends all his time lying around doing nothing.
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A worthless guy who is good for nothing, just like a mouse whose skin and meat are both useless. (A common Dominican comparison for someone who provides no value).
Leonel Fernandez, Felix Bautista, Diandino Pena (prominent Dominican politicians cited as a Pelafutan).
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