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Translate tacky into Spanish
(of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel.
Translate tacky into Spanish
Showing poor taste and quality.
Early 19th century of unknown origin. Early use was as a noun denoting a horse of little value, later applied to a poor white in some Southern states of the US, hence ‘shabby, cheap, in bad taste’ (mid 19th century).