chafa
Spanish, adjective
chafa is spelled C-H-A-F-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chafa is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “cheap, low quality; lame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of chafar. With an accent, chafá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of chafar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “De mala calidad”.
What does chafa mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Mexicocolloquialfemininemasculinecheap, low quality; lame
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of chafar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De mala calidad. 2. Dicho de una persona: militar (que está en el ejército).
noun: 1. Broma, burla.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chafa
- chafas feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to chafa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chafa in Spanish?
chafa appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).