chapuza
Meanings
Noun
1. work, especially maintenance and involving manual labor, of little importance; odd job; jury-rigged (colloquial)
2. something poorly done; botched job, shoddy work, botch (colloquial)
3. cheat, trick, cheating, deceit (specially in sports, games, gambling, elections, seldom in commerce, almost never in sentimental relationships) (Mexico, colloquial)
Examples5
Tom hizo una chapuza.
Tom made a botch of things.
Eso es una chapuza.
That's a sloppy job.
Es una chapuza.
It's a botch job.
Hazlo con cuidado, no me gustan las chapuzas.
Do it carefully. I don't like botched jobs.
Mary fue dejada gravemente marcada después de la chapuza de cirugía plástica.
Mary was left badly scarred after botched plastic surgery.