pachuco

English

Etymology

From Spanish pachuco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈt͡ʃuːkəʊ/

Noun

pachuco (plural pachucos)

  1. a Mexican-American, especially a juvenile delinquent in the Los Angeles area
    • 1998, Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain
      They asked him if he was a pachuco. He said all the pachucos he knew of lived in El Paso. He told em he didn’t know any Mexican pachucos.
  2. an argot spoken by that group, sometimes known as caló

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Spanish

Etymology

Of uncertain etymology. Hypotheses include:

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈt͡ʃuko/

Adjective

pachuco (feminine singular pachuca, masculine plural pachucos, feminine plural pachucas)

  1. (Mexico) flashy, flashily dressed
  2. (Costa Rica) slang (often considered low-class)

Noun

pachuco m (plural pachucos, feminine pachuca, feminine plural pachucas)

  1. (Costa Rica) uneducated person from the city who uses city slang
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