cachaco
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See also: cachaço
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cachaco (feminine cachaca, masculine plural cachacos, feminine plural cachacas)
Noun
[edit]cachaco m (plural cachacos, feminine cachaca, feminine plural cachacas)
- (Peru, derogatory) soldier
- (Puerto Rico) Spaniard
- (Colombia) Bogotan; bookworm, intellectual
- (colloquial) fop
Usage notes
[edit]- In Colombia, cachaco is applied to Bogotans whose parents were also from Bogotá, as contrasted to rolo, which is used for Bogotans whose parents came from elsewhere.[1]
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “cachaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014