lambucio

Spanish

Noun

lambucio m (plural lambucios, feminine lambucia, feminine plural lambucias)

1. (Venezuela, derogatory) moocher
   • 2017 April 2, “Las dictaduras según Borges”, in El Nacional‎^[1]:

     Y no es preciso cuadrar el círculo para demostrar que “las dictaduras fomentan el servilismo”: basta mirar las telecadenas de Maduro o las fotos que reparte Villeguitas para ver a un puñado de lambucios disputándose el favor rojo, […]

     It is not necessary to complete the circle to demonstrate that dictatorships encourage servilism, you only need to watch Maduro on tv or the pictures that Villegas delivers to see a handful of mooches fighting amongst themselves to earn the red approval and favor.

Further reading

• “lambucio”, 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