de pacotilla

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [də pə.kuˈti.ʎə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [de pa.koˈti.ʎa]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Adjective

de pacotilla (invariable)

  1. (idiomatic) shoddy, second-rate

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /de pakoˈtiʝa/ [d̪e pa.koˈt̪i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /de pakoˈtiʎa/ [d̪e pa.koˈt̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /de pakoˈtiʃa/ [d̪e pa.koˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /de pakoˈtiʒa/ [d̪e pa.koˈt̪i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: de pa‧co‧ti‧lla

Adjective

de pacotilla (invariable)

  1. (Spain, idiomatic) second-rate; subpar