cafiche

See also: cafiché

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈfit͡ʃe/ [kaˈfi.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Syllabification: ca‧fi‧che

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lunfardo cafisho, of disputed origin.

Noun

cafiche m (plural cafiches)

1. (colloquial, Chile, Argentina, Peru) pimp

   Synonyms: cafisho, cafishio, cafiolo, (Argentina, Uruguay) cafisio, (Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Paraguay) caficho

2. (colloquial, Chile, Argentina, Peru) sponger, freeloader (especially of women)

   Synonyms: gorrón, estafeta

Related terms

• cafichar
• cafichear

 

Etymology 2

Verb

cafiche

1. inflection of cafichar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cafiche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014