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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

berretas

English translation:

trout/fake

Added to glossary by iwerner (X)
Mar 22, 2002 16:48
22 yrs ago
Spanish term

berretas

Non-PRO Spanish to English Marketing
Could anyone explain this term to me? I think it's an adjetive and used in Argentina or Colombia. Thanks.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 trout/fake
4 +3 second-rate, cheap
4 +2 cheap imitation
4 fake//false

Proposed translations

+2
2 mins
Selected

trout/fake

it would be somethig that it´s not original, fake
bad quality
I live in argentina!!!
Peer comment(s):

agree Gabriela Minsky
1 hr
agree OLMO : Maybe "phony" would do as well. I'm an Argie!
6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Gracias a todos"
+3
6 mins

second-rate, cheap

In Argentina it is "berreta" and it is a slang term for something that is not of very good quality.

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Note added at 2002-03-22 16:56:02 (GMT)
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It can also be \"phony\".
Peer comment(s):

agree Elena Miguel
3 mins
agree Aurora Humarán (X) : Berreta significa "cheap", también de "mal gusto"...ordinario...=) argentinos saludos!
3 hrs
agree Andrea Bullrich
6 hrs
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12 mins

fake//false

Good luck!
JL

Diccionario Argentino para Mexicanos
... tribus" urbanas o como parte de la jerga técnica en oficios o profesiones. ... que se
sirve la cerveza en Argentina. ... Berreta = objeto chafa, chaqueto, chairo. Una ...
elportaldemexico.com/diccionario/expresionesargentinas.htm - 101k - En caché - Páginas similares

B
... para ayudar la digestión. BAJERAS (rural.) Jerga del apero criollo sobre el ... antes de la Policía Federal Argentina). BERRETA (pop. y lunf.) Adulterado ...
www.todotango.com/spanish/biblioteca/lexicon/b.html


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Note added at 2002-03-22 17:10:15 (GMT)
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Here is the explanation..I hope it helps :-))

BERRETA
(pop. y lunf.) Adulterado, cosa falsificada con apariencia de legítima, falso// cosa u objeto de poca calidad, chafalonía, ordinario// (carc.) Preso poco grato a otros detenidos.
BERRETADA
(lunf.) Cosa mal hecha.
BERRETEADA
(drog.) Adulteración de drogas.
BERRETERO/RA
(lunf.) Falsificador (YAC.)// adulterador// vendedor de cosas que simulan ser de buena calidad.
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+2
1 hr

cheap imitation

Just another idea. This is what my dictionary says.

HTH

Sheila

Oxford Superlex:


berreta adj inv (RPl fam): ¿es de una buena marca? — ¡qué va! es berreta is it a good make? — oh, no! it’s a cheap imitation
Peer comment(s):

agree elenali
7 mins
gracias:)
agree Andrea Bullrich : : )
4 hrs
gracias, Andrea:)
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