curiche

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun kurü che, from kurü "black" and che "person", meaning black person.

Adjective

curiche m or f (masculine and feminine plural curiches)

1. (derogatory, Chile) dark colored (of a person)

Further reading

• “curiche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28