tapaforats

Verb-object compound, composed of tapa (“to plug”) +‎ forats (“holes”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌta.pə.fuˈɾats]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌta.pə.foˈɾats]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌta.pa.foˈɾats]

tapaforats m (invariable)

1. stopgap, workaround
2. (derogatory) an unskilled construction worker

• “tapaforats”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007