capirucha

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from capirucho, a rhyme made with capital and the pejorative suffix -ucha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapiˈɾut͡ʃa/ [ka.piˈɾu.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -utʃa
• Syllabification: ca‧pi‧ru‧cha

Noun

capirucha f (plural capiruchas)

1. (derogatory, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) the capital of a country

Further reading

• “capirucha”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010