jamacuco

Spanish

Noun

jamacuco m (plural jamacucos)

1. (Spain, colloquial) flip; freakout (sudden alteration of the mood, losing the calm), parraque, yuyu (example: me dio un jamacuco)

Further reading

• “jamacuco”, 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