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Bandera de México

/Sounds like "cha" (as in "cha-cha") + "fo" (as in "focus")/

Cheap, low quality, or just not worth your time. In Mexico, "chafo" is used to describe anything that doesn't meet the standard, whether it's a knockoff product that breaks in a week, a lame nightclub, or even a person who just doesn't deliver.

Example

"No compres ahí, todo es bien chafo y se descompone a la semana. -> Don't buy there, everything is super cheap and breaks within a week."

"¿Ese antro? Está bien chafo, mejor vamos a otro lado. -> That club? It's totally lame, let's go somewhere else."

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Cuando algo va a tope, sin medias tintas. Tipo esa frase que usas para el trabajo, la música a todo volumen o cuando alguien está completamente metido en algo.