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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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17:03 Nov 2, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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
mean girls
Explanation:
Another option... gacha usually refers to either ugly or mean.
Selected response from:

Atenea Acevedo
Local time: 13:02
Grading comment
Thanks, exactly.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
wretched women


Explanation:
This is as closer as I can get.

Ernesto de Lara
Local time: 12:02
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
Local time: 12:02
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
Local time: 13:02
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
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
Local time: 19:02
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
Local time: 13:02
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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