chuco

Spanish

Alternative forms

• shuco

Etymology

From Nahuatl xococ (“sour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuko/ [ˈt͡ʃu.ko]
• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: chu‧co

Adjective

chuco (feminine chuca, masculine plural chucos, feminine plural chucas)

1. (El Salvador, Guatemala) filthy; scummy; dirty
2. (El Salvador, Guatemala, of food) rotted: spoiled; ruined

Further reading

• “chuco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “chuco” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.