botarata

Spanish

Alternative forms

• botarate

Etymology

From botar +‎ -ata.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

botarata m or f (masculine and feminine plural botaratas)

1. (Chile, Colombia, Peru, Puerto Rico) wasteful, thriftless, unthrifty

   Synonym: derrochador

Further reading

• “botarata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024