corcuncho

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua kurku. Doublet of curcuncho and curcucho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈkunt͡ʃo/ [koɾˈkũnʲ.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -untʃo
• Syllabification: cor‧cun‧cho

Adjective

corcuncho (feminine corcuncha, masculine plural corcunchos, feminine plural corcunchas)

1. (colloquial, Honduras) hunchbacked; humped

   Synonym: jorobado

Further reading

• “corcuncho”, 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