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/Sounds like "cham" (as in "champion") + "bone"/

A clumsy, careless person who botches even the simplest tasks. In Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador, calling someone chambón means they have no attention to detail and always leave a mess for others to fix. It is the kind of person who measures wrong, cuts crooked, and somehow makes everything worse than before they started.

Example

"No seas chambón, mide bien antes de cortar. -> Don't be such a klutz, measure properly before you cut."

"El plomero que vino era bien chambón, dejó todo peor. -> The plumber who came was totally incompetent, he left everything worse."

Regional synonyms:

Irse de un lugar en Argentina y Uruguay sin mirar atrás ni dar explicaciones. Cuando decidís que ya fue suficiente, te abrís y dejás todo y a todos donde están sin la menor culpa.