tunco

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtunko/ [ˈt̪ũŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -unko
• Syllabification: tun‧co

Noun

tunco m (plural tuncos)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador) pig

   Synonyms: cerdo, cochino, marrano, puerco

   Dale de comer a los tuncos.

   Give the pigs something to eat.

   • 2000-05-07, Lito Montalvo, "Don Lito viaja a Palestina". In: El Diario de Hoy. Newspaper (online version). Accessed 2013-07-04.

     […] dormimos desde las nueve de la noche que apagan el generador hasta las 6 de la mañana, cuando empiezan a cantar los gallos y a gruñir los tuncos.

     […] we slept from nine at night, when they turn off the generator, until six in the morning, when the roosters start crowing and the pigs start grunting.

2. (colloquial, figurative, El Salvador) fat person

   Dile al tunco de tu jefe que te dé vacación.

   Tell that fat ass of your boss to give you some vacation time.

Related terms

• ¿mató tunco tu tata? (El Salvador)

Further reading

• “tunco”, 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