trucho

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾut͡ʃo/ [ˈt̪ɾu.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -utʃo
• Syllabification: tru‧cho

Noun

trucho m (plural truchos)

1. (humorous) male trout

Usage notes

• This is most commonly used in the humorous phrase te quiero como la trucha al trucho

Adjective

trucho (feminine trucha, masculine plural truchos, feminine plural truchas)

1. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile) fake, counterfeit, inauthentic

   Synonym: falso

2. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile) something of low quality

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “real”): real, auténtico, genuino

Further reading

• “trucho”, 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