ruco

See also: Ruco, růčo, and ruço

Spanish

Etymology

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Adjective

ruco (feminine ruca, masculine plural rucos, feminine plural rucas)

1. (derogatory, Latin America) old
2. (Latin America) worn out, useless

Noun

ruco m (plural rucos, feminine ruca, feminine plural rucas)

1. (derogatory, Latin America) old fogey, dodo, fuddy-duddy (very old person)

   Synonym: vejestorio

2. (derogatory, Latin America) dobbin (old horse)

Further reading

• “ruco”, 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