Pacotilla in english
Shoddy
pronunciation: ʃɑdi part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: ʃɑdi part of speech: adjective
In gestures
pacotilla = trashy ; shabby ; shoddy.
Example: Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.Example: Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.Example: The records are not what they should be and very often they're just plain shoddy.more:
» contable de pacotilla = bean counter .
Example: How can we be so stingy, such bean-counters, when it comes to the future of our country (especially health, education and infrastructure)?.» trabajo de pacotilla = shoddy work .
Example: She has hit out at the shoddy work that was carried out recently to try and improve the sea defences in Blackrock.