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/Sounds like "chah" (as in "chat") + "poo" (as in "pool") + "SEH" (as in "set") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

In Spain, someone who does shoddy, half-finished work with zero care for quality. The chapucero always looks busy but consistently delivers disappointing results. Think of the handyman who leaves your sink worse than before.

Examples

No lo contrates, es un chapucero y lo arruinará todo.

Don't hire him, he's a total hack and he'll ruin everything.

Hicieron un trabajo chapucero y tuvimos que rehacer todo.

They did such a sloppy job we had to redo the whole thing from scratch.

Regional synonyms

A mild Spanish exclamation of surprise that substitutes for a stronger swear word. You say it when you want to react without dropping the full curse, suitable for all audiences.