chatarra
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque txatarra (“something old”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈtara/ [t͡ʃaˈt̪a.ra]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: cha‧ta‧rra
Noun
chatarra f (plural chatarras)
- scrap (metal)
- Synonym: ferralla
- (Spain, colloquial) small change; shrapnel
- Synonym: calderilla
- (Spain, colloquial) junk
Derived terms
- achatarrar
- chatarrero
Further reading
- “chatarra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014