gimcracks

[US]/'dʒɪmkræk/
[UK]/'dʒɪm'kræk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. ostentoso pero sin valor; barato

n. un baratija; un objeto ostentoso pero sin valor

Example Sentences

And all of a sudden, that gimcrack knocks my window and decidedly came to pick me up without even telling me.

Y de repente, ese baratijo golpea mi ventana y definitivamente vino a recogerme sin siquiera decirme.

The gimcrack, slipshod, ecologically disastrous building developments in Northern Cyprus may last just 10 years, all things being well.

Los proyectos de construcción chapuceros, descuidado y ecológicamente desastrosos en el norte de Chipre podrían durar solo 10 años, si todo va bien.

"Ligeia", which Poe thought his best grotesque story, is now, for most readers, a jumble of morbid self-pity, diabolism, and gimcrack Gothicism.

“Ligeia”, que Poe consideraba su mejor relato grotesco, es ahora, para la mayoría de los lectores, un revoltijo de morboso autocomplacimiento, diabolismo y kitsch gótico.

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