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/Sounds like "kahr" (as in "car") + "KAH" (as in "car") + "chah" (as in "chat")/
A beat-up old car that is falling apart but somehow still running. In Mexico and Guatemala, carcacha is said with a mix of affection and mild embarrassment: it is held together by hope and prayer, gets you where you need to go, but barely.
“Llegó en su carcacha echando humo negro por el escape.”
“He pulled up in his old junker belching black smoke from the exhaust.”
“Esa carcacha no llega a la carretera y ya se va a rendir.”
“That clunker is not going to make it to the highway before it gives up entirely.”
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/Sounds like "kahr" (as in "car") + "KAH" (as in "car") + "chah" (as in "chat")/
A beat-up old car that is falling apart but somehow still running. In Mexico and Guatemala, carcacha is said with a mix of affection and mild embarrassment: it is held together by hope and prayer, gets you where you need to go, but barely.
“Llegó en su carcacha echando humo negro por el escape.”
“He pulled up in his old junker belching black smoke from the exhaust.”
“Esa carcacha no llega a la carretera y ya se va a rendir.”
“That clunker is not going to make it to the highway before it gives up entirely.”
Dar asco
An ironic use where 'dar asco' (to be disgusting) actually means something is incredibly good, so good it's offensive. It's sarcasm turned into an expression: 'da asco lo bien que canta' means she's an insanely good singer.