de pacotilla

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish [Term?].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də pə.kuˈti.ʎə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de pa.koˈti.ʎa]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Adjective

de pacotilla (invariable)

(idiomatic) shoddy, second-rate

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de pakoˈtiʝa/ [d̪e pa.koˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /de pakoˈtiʎa/ [d̪e pa.koˈt̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /de pakoˈtiʃa/ [d̪e pa.koˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /de pakoˈtiʒa/ [d̪e pa.koˈt̪i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: de pa‧co‧ti‧lla

Adjective

de pacotilla (invariable)

(Spain, idiomatic) second-rate; subpar