cafiche

See also: cafiché

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈfit͡ʃe/ [kaˈfi.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Syllabification: ca‧fi‧che

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lunfardo cafisho, of disputed origin.

Maybe from the Italian stoccafisso (“catfish, lanky”), or catfish, a slang term they used to refer to cargoes from the trade; compare the Spanish equivalent macarra, of analogous origin

Noun

cafiche m (plural cafiches)

1. (colloquial, Chile, Argentina, Peru) pimp

   Synonyms: cafisho, cafishio, cafiolo, (Argentina, Uruguay) cafisio, (Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Paraguay) caficho

2. (colloquial, Chile, Argentina, Peru) sponger, freeloader (especially of women)

   Synonyms: gorrón, estafeta

Related terms

• cafichar
• cafichear

Etymology 2

Verb

cafiche

1. inflection of cafichar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cafiche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10