pachuco

English

Etymology

Spanish pachuco

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəˈt͡ʃuːkəʊ/

Noun

pachuco (plural pachucos)

1. A Mexican-American, especially a juvenile delinquent in the Los Angeles area.

   1998. They asked him if he was a pachuco. He said all the pachucos he knew of lived in El Paso. He told em he didn’t know any Mexican pachucos. — Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain

See also

• Pachuco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Spanish

Etymology

From Nahuatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /paˈt͡ʃuko/

Adjective

pachuco m (feminine pachucha, masculine plural pachucos, feminine plural pachuchas)

1. (Mexico) flashy, flashily dressed
2. (Costa Rica) slang (often considered low-class)

Noun

pachuco m (plural pachucos, feminine singular pachuca, feminine plural pachucas)

1. (Costa Rica) uneducated person from the city who uses city slang