cuilio

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cuilío

Etymology

From Nahuatl cuilía (“to steal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwiljo/ [ˈkwi.ljo]
• Rhymes: -iljo
• Syllabification: cui‧lio

Noun

cuilio m (plural cuilios, feminine cuilia, feminine plural cuilias)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, El Salvador) a police officer

   Synonym: policía

Further reading

• “cuilio”, 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