tulenco

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈlenko/ [t̪uˈlẽŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -enko
• Syllabification: tu‧len‧co

Adjective

tulenco (feminine tulenca, masculine plural tulencos, feminine plural tulencas)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) clumsy when walking; hobbling
2. (colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) foolish; dumb

Further reading

• “tulenco”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010