quinqui
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From quincallero (“ironmonger”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]quinqui m or f by sense (plural quinquis)
- Quinqui
- (colloquial, Spain) crook, hoodlum
- 2015 July 26, “Sexo, drogas y acné: el cine adolescente salvaje”, in El País[1]:
- Fue la explosión del cine quinqui, que recogía la realidad de esa época en que varios jóvenes delincuentes alcanzaron cierta popularidad por sus fechorías.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “quinqui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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