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Spanish: las gachas

English translation: mean girls, wretched girls







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Spanish term or phrase:las gachas
English translation:mean girls, wretched girls
Entered by:Stanley Garland
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Social Sciences - Anthropology / research study
Spanish term or phrase: las gachas
I know that it refers to girls of some type but I am not sure of what it indicates.
Stanley Garland
United States
Clarification request(s) and response
Henry Hinds: 5:07pm Nov 2, 2004: How about some more CONTEXT... where it's from, the circumstances surrounding it, the sentence, etc.? That would really help. -
María Teresa Taylor Oliver: 5:28pm Nov 2, 2004: I'm with Henry. It could mean LOTS of things, depending on the context. The DRAE has over 5 different meanings for the term. -
Stanley Garland (asker): 5:37pm Nov 2, 2004: Yes, the study is being conducted among mexican migrant high school students. The respondant was talking about certain types of girls inthe school that he didn't like and hadn't treated him well.
Henry Hinds: 8:31pm Nov 2, 2004: Thanks for the CONTEXT, that's what we need. -

mean girls
Explanation:
Another option... gacha usually refers to either ugly or mean.
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Atenea Acevedo
Mexico
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks, exactly.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2mean girlsAtenea Acevedo
4 +1annoying girlsMichele Fauble
5wretched women
Ernesto de Lara
3those ugly girls
María Teresa Taylor Oliver
3obnoxious girlsSara Noss


  

Answers

46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
wretched women

Explanation:
This is as closer as I can get.

Ernesto de Lara
Mexico
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
annoying girls

Explanation:
(Mex) annoying
su novia es bien gacha - his girlfriend is a real pain in the neck
Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Michele Fauble
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Susana Betti
10 hrs
  -> thanks
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
mean girls

Explanation:
Another option... gacha usually refers to either ugly or mean.

Atenea Acevedo
Mexico
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks, exactly.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Henry Hinds: I'd go with this, though the others could also fit, plus more.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Henry

agree Sara Noss
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Babayaga
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
obnoxious girls

Explanation:
obnoxious = very annoying or objectionable.

Those obnoxious girls who made life hell in high school.

HTH
Sara


    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=obnoxious
Sara Noss
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
those ugly girls

Explanation:
Perhaps...

gacho, gacha. (Del español gacho 'encorvado, torcido', derivado del verbo agachar 'inclinar, encoger'.) adj. Malo, feo, desagradable. | bien gacho. loc. Muy desagradable. || ¡qué gacho! loc. ¡Qué feo!
http://www.academia.org.mx/dbm/DICAZ/g.htm

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Note added at 54 mins (2004-11-02 17:57:38 GMT)
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ugly / despicable / horrible

Take your pick... he\'s just calling them names. They may not even BE ugly.

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Note added at 2 hrs 26 mins (2004-11-02 19:29:13 GMT)
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gacho, cha.
5. adj. Méx. Malo, feo, desagradable.
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Panama
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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