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/Sounds like "chahm" (as in "chat") + "boh" (as in "boat") + "NAH" (as in "nacho") + "dah" (as in "dart")/

Meaning

A clumsy mistake or sloppy job that shows the person had no idea what they were doing. A chambonada is the botched repair that makes things worse, the typo in the official document, or the costly blunder that ruins the whole project.

Examples

What a sloppy job, the picture ended up completely crooked.

He made such a mess of it that he had to redo everything from scratch.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de España
Chapuza

A young person or teenager in Colombia, usually said in a dismissive tone to point out someone's immaturity. Calling someone a sardino is telling them they still have a lot of growing up to do and it shows.