tin-pot in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for tin-pot in the English»Spanish Dictionary

tinpot [Am ˈtɪnˌpɑt, Brit ˈtɪnpɒt] ADJ pej

tinpot town/dictator:

tinpot

de pacotilla

Translations for tin-pot in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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dictadores de pacotilla

tinpot dictators inf

tin-pot in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tin-pot in the English»Spanish Dictionary

tinpot [ˈtɪnpɒt, Am ˈtɪnpɑ:t] ADJ pej inf

tinpot

de pacotilla

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

We'd expect this in a tin-pot dictatorship in some island state in the middle of nowhere.

www.theglobeandmail.com

These are the claims of an authoritarian and a tin-pot autocrat.

ottawacitizen.com

Now we are behind third rate, tin-pot dictatorships in terms of allowing access.

ipolitics.ca

It was a smooth tube firing a 4 pound tin-pot filled with ammonal.

en.wikipedia.org

For all the craft that is obvious in the continuing and intertwining storylines, it is tin-pot television, ludicrously melodramatic, mannered and corny.

www.theglobeandmail.com

Instead, it offers a veneer of respectability to every tin-pot theocracy and terror-supporting state on earth.

www.independent.ie

She's funny from line to line, but there is little to her besides tin-pot contrariness.

en.wikipedia.org

And an assortment of tin-pot revolutionaries that pointed up the inanity of peddling revolution as a panacea for all that ails.

www.dallasnews.com

Some of the comic artists concerned reacted negatively, accusing editors of being wannabe tin-pot dictators masquerading as humble editors.

en.wikipedia.org

He rules his home like a tin-pot tyrant, yet each woman is told that she is free to leave whenever she likes.

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