What does barata in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word barata in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use barata in Spanish.

The word barata in Spanish means sale, cockroach, flea market, cheap, cheap, old, cheaply, secondhand shop, secondhand store, cheap copy, cheap imitation, cheap whore, cheap slut. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word barata

sale

nombre femenino (GT, MX (venta a precio rebajado) (reduced price)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Solo compro ropa cuando hay baratas.
I only buy clothes when there's a sale on.

cockroach

nombre femenino (CL, PE: coloquial (cucaracha)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Había una barata enorme en la pared de la cocina.
There was a huge cockroach on the kitchen wall.

flea market

nombre femenino (CO (puesto: cosas usadas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tomás compró una chaqueta de cuero en una barata en el centro.
Tomas bought a leather jacket at a flea market downtown.

cheap

adjetivo (de bajo costo)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Prefiero no alojarme en un hotel barato.
I'd rather not stay in a cheap hotel.

cheap, old

adjetivo (desaprobación (de poca calidad)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
El candidato soltó el mismo discurso barato de siempre; estoy harto de escucharlo.
The candidate came out with the same old speech as ever - I'm sick of hearing it.

cheaply

adverbio (por un bajo costo)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")
Los estudiantes comen barato.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. They tell me you can eat very cheaply in the new Japanese restaurant.

secondhand shop, secondhand store

nombre masculino (lugar: baratillo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En el barato compré ropa a un precio regalado.
I picked up some real clothing bargains at the secondhand shop.

cheap copy, cheap imitation

locución nominal femenina (MX, coloquial (pobre imitación)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

cheap whore, cheap slut

locución nominal femenina (vulgar (prostituta de baja estofa) (vulgar)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
María es una puta barata y no quiero tener nada que ver con ella.
Maria is a cheap whore and I don't want to have anything to do with her.

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