yonqui

Spanish

Alternative forms

• yonki

Etymology

Borrowed from English junkie.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝonki/ [ˈɟ͡ʝõŋ.ki]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝonki/ [ˈɟ͡ʝõŋ.ki]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃonki/ [ˈʃõŋ.ki]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒonki/ [ˈʒõŋ.ki]

• Rhymes: -onki
• Syllabification: yon‧qui

Noun

yonqui m or f by sense (plural yonquis)

1. (colloquial) junkie, drug addict

   Synonym: drogadicto

Further reading

• “yonqui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10