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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

In Venezuela, an unbearably annoying person or situation that won't leave you in peace. A ladilloso is the one who keeps pestering, insisting, and wearing everyone down until they snap.