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A2 Spanish listening practice · Spanish from Spain · Curated for beginners
What does “una caca de” mean in Spanish?
Castilian Spanish has a casual, child-coded way to call something low quality: una caca de + noun, literally “a poop of [thing].” A una caca de crema is a “crappy cream”; una caca de coche, “a crappy car.” The phrase is informal, family-friendly enough for kids to use, and rare in Latin American Spanish (which prefers una porquería de or una mierda de). The diminutive playful tone fits Spain’s wider habit of softening complaints with throwaway phrasing.
In this clip, a young woman unpacks her suitcase and roasts her sunscreen: “Crema de sol, es una caca de crema malísima” (“Sunscreen, it’s a really awful, crappy cream”).
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Spanish listening practice listening practice?
General Spanish frequency
Spoken Spanish frequency
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-ESP 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
- ▸In Spanish sitcoms and family comedies (La que se avecina, Aída)
- ▸In Spanish teen and college conversations
- ▸In Spanish unboxing and product-review YouTube
- ▸In Spanish parent-child banter when a toy or gadget breaks
- ▸In Spanish stand-up about consumer disappointments