merequetengue

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾekeˈtenɡe/ [me.ɾe.keˈt̪ẽŋ.ɡe]
• Rhymes: -enɡe
• Syllabification: me‧re‧que‧ten‧gue

Noun

merequetengue m (plural merequetengues)

1. (colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Rioplatense) mess; fuss; hussle

Further reading

• “merequetengue”, 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