junk
nounmasculine/ˈtɾaʃtɨ/medium
tras·te
Definitions
1An old, worthless, or useless object; junk.
The garage is full of junk we never use.
Throw away that piece of junk, it's no good anymore.
Common collocations
old junkcupboard of junkjunk room
2Person considered incompetent, useless, or worthless (informal/pejorative use).
In that job, he was considered a traste.
I don't want to be a traste in the team.
Idiomatic expressions
- to be a traste (to be incompetent)
- traste of service (very useless person)
Etymology
Do latim 'transtrum' (travessa, barra).