"chingadera" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chingaderas [plural]
Etymology: Mexican Spanish chingadera. Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|chingadera}} Spanish chingadera Head templates: {{en-noun}} chingadera (plural chingaderas)
  1. (US, vulgar, Spanglish) A miscellaneous object for which one does not know, or has forgotten, its proper name; a doohickey, contraption, thingamabob, or widget. Tags: US, vulgar Synonyms: thingy Translations (thingy): chujovina [feminine] (Czech), kravina [feminine] (Czech), hovadina [feminine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-chingadera-en-noun-GIm~QuBs Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 68 1 8 13 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 1 11 16 14

Inflected forms

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