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/Sounds like "CHAH" (as in "chat") + "fah" (as in "far")/

Meaning

Low quality, bootleg, something that doesn't work or breaks on the first use in Mexico. It's the standard Mexican adjective for everything that's cheap and bad: chafa Chinese products, chafa clothes, chafa ideas.

Examples

That charger is so chafa, it broke within a week.

Don't buy chafa stuff, you end up spending more.

The movie was chafa, I don't recommend it.

Word family

An extremely skilled, talented, and impressive person, or something of excellent quality that leaves you in awe. In Mexico, chingón is the highest informal praise, if you're chingón, you're the best.