pachucho

Spanish

Etymology

From an unknown expressive/onomatopoeic root describing sluggishness and heaviness, possibly Iberian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈt͡ʃut͡ʃo/ [paˈt͡ʃu.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -utʃo
• Syllabification: pa‧chu‧cho

Adjective

pachucho (feminine pachucha, masculine plural pachuchos, feminine plural pachuchas)

1. (Spain) poorly, under the weather

Further reading

• “pachucho”, 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