juraco

Spanish

Etymology

Likely from huraco (“hole”). Otherwise from Portuguese buraco, Galician buraco, furaco, Asturian buracu, furacu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuˈɾako/ [xuˈɾa.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: ju‧ra‧co

Noun

juraco m (plural juracos)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Cuba) hole

   Synonyms: agujero, hoyo

2. (colloquial, El Salvador) anus

   Synonym: ano

Further reading

• “juraco”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010