botarata

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Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

botarate

Etymology[edit]

From botar +‎ -ata.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /botaˈɾata/ [bo.t̪aˈɾa.t̪a]
Rhymes: -ata
Syllabification: bo‧ta‧ra‧ta

Adjective[edit]

botarata m or f (masculine and feminine plural botaratas)

(Chile, Colombia, Peru, Puerto Rico) wasteful, thriftless, unthrifty
Synonym: derrochador

Further reading[edit]

“botarata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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