pacotilla

Spanish

Etymology

From paca (“bale”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pakoˈtiʝa/ [pa.koˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pakoˈtiʝa/ [pa.koˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /pakoˈtiʎa/ [pa.koˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pakoˈtiʃa/ [pa.koˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pakoˈtiʒa/ [pa.koˈt̪i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: pa‧co‧ti‧lla

Noun

pacotilla f (plural pacotillas)

1. free luggage of a sailor
2. trash, junk, garbage (something of inferior quality)
3. (Latin America) mob, rabble

   Synonyms: chusma, gentuza

4. (El Salvador, Nicaragua) gang

   Synonym: pandilla

Derived terms

• de pacotilla

Descendants

• French: pacotille (borrowing)

Further reading

• “pacotilla”, 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