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chabacano — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • apricot noun A small round fruit with soft orange skin and flesh, related to the peach and plum.
  • coarse adj Rough in texture rather than smooth.
  • tawdry adj Cheap-looking and showy; gaudy in a low-quality way.
  • vulgar adj Crude, tasteless, or offensive, especially in speech or behaviour.

Senses

chabacano is used for these senses in English:

  • apricot A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
  • coarse Of inferior quality.
  • tawdry (of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.
  • vulgar Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.

apricot — full definition

  1. noun A small round fruit with soft orange skin and flesh, related to the peach and plum.
  2. adj A pale orange colour, like that of the fruit.

coarse — full definition

  1. adj Rough in texture rather than smooth.
  2. adj Lacking refinement or good manners; crude.

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