escuincle
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl itzcuintli (“dog”), meaning kid in some places.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]escuincle m (plural escuincles, feminine escuincla, feminine plural escuinclas)
- (Mexico, slang, derogatory) kid, little boy
- street urchin
- Synonyms: niño de la calle, (Colombia) gamín
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Gómez de Silva, Guido (2001) Diccionario breve de mexicanismos, México, D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica
- Robelo, Cecilio A. (1912) Diccionario de Aztequismos, new ed. edition, México: Imp. del Museo n. de arquelogía, historia y etnología, page 157
Further reading
[edit]- “escuincle”, 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
Categories:
- Spanish terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl
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- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/inkle
- Rhymes:Spanish/inkle/3 syllables
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- Spanish countable nouns
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