nicharacheros

English translation: wits, jokers, etc.

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Spanish term or phrase:nicharacheros
English translation:wits, jokers, etc.
Entered by: Jane Martin

07:27 Sep 29, 2020
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Spanish term or phrase: nicharacheros
In a tweet from Mexico:

Somos trabajadores, emprendedores y ***nicharacheros***, amantes del tequila, el sarape, el sombrero y el maguey!!!!

for translation to US English.

TIA
Jane Martin
Local time: 10:13
wits, jokers, etc.
Explanation:
I think it's a typo, for "dicharacheros". In which case I would use wits, jokers, or something similar.
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matt robinson
Spain
Local time: 11:13
Grading comment
Thank you, I went with 'banterers' in the end which suited the register but you got the meaning.
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Summary of answers provided
3gravedigger
Tigranuhi Khachatryan
3wits, jokers, etc.
matt robinson
3and people love us
AllegroTrans
Summary of reference entries provided
dicharachero
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

Discussion entries: 4





  

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gravedigger


Explanation:
Puede ser que se haya derivado de nicho- Hueco practicado en un muro para alojar algo dentro, especialmente el que sirve para depositar cadáveres o sus cenizas en un cementerio.
https://dle.rae.es/nicho?m=form

NICHARACHERO
Dícese del sepulturero jocoso de su natural.
http://elpalabrizal.blogspot.com/2011/04/nicharachero.html

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or may be jocular gravedigger

Ten of the best graveyard scenes
John Mullan
Sat 6 Jun 2009 00.01 BST
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
A young man in black holds a skull in his hand ("Alas! Poor Yorick") and swaps banter about our post-mortem fate with a jocular gravedigger. One of the most famous scenes in literature was thought facetious and embarrassing before the 20th century and regularly cut from performances.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jun/06/ten-best-grave...

Tigranuhi Khachatryan
Armenia
Local time: 13:13
Native speaker of: Native in ArmenianArmenian
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
wits, jokers, etc.


Explanation:
I think it's a typo, for "dicharacheros". In which case I would use wits, jokers, or something similar.

matt robinson
Spain
Local time: 11:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you, I went with 'banterers' in the end which suited the register but you got the meaning.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Matt.

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1 day 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
and people love us


Explanation:
Answer based on this being a typo for "dicharacheros"

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:13
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: dicharachero

Reference information:
Entiendo que es una errata.

dicharachero, ra
1. adj. Que tiene una conversación animada y ocurrente.
2. adj. coloq. Propenso a prodigar dicharachos. U. t. c. s.
https://dle.rae.es/dicharachero?m=form

Es un término de uso común y encaja perfectamente en el contexto.

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 21
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