alcahuete
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Andalusian Arabic القَوَّاد (al-qawwád), from Arabic قَوَّاد (qawwād, “pimp”). Cognate with Portuguese alcaguete.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alcahuete m (plural alcahuetes, feminine alcahueta, feminine plural alcahuetas)
- gossip (person)
- go-between, matchmaker
- pimp (prostitution solicitor)
- panderer, sycophant, ingratiator
- enabler
- drop curtain
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alcahuete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28