shashaco

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chachaco

Etymology

Borrowed from Nahuatl [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈʃako/ [ʃaˈʃa.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: sha‧sha‧co

Adjective

shashaco (feminine shashaca, masculine plural shashacos, feminine plural shashacas)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala) pockmarked because of smallpox, especially the face.
2. (colloquial, El Salvador, of a surface) rough
3. (colloquial, El Salvador) missing at least one tooth

   Synonym: cholco

Further reading

• “shashaco” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
• Tesis estudio del sustrato lingüístico indígena en el español salvadoreño