casa destroyer

Spanish

Etymology

From casa (“house”) + English destroyer.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌkasa destɾoˈʝeɾ/ [ˌka.sa ð̞es.t̪ɾoˈʝeɾ]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌkasa destɾoˈʝeɾ/ [ˌka.sa ð̞es.t̪ɾoˈʝeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˌkasa destɾoˈʃeɾ/ [ˌka.sa ð̞es.t̪ɾoˈʃeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌkasa destɾoˈʒeɾ/ [ˌka.sa ð̞es.t̪ɾoˈʒeɾ]

• Syllabification: ca‧sa des‧tro‧yer

Noun

casa destroyer f (plural casas destroyer)

1. (El Salvador) an abandoned apartment used by gang members as a refuge to plan or commit crimes
   • 2007, Berne Ayalá, Edwin Ernesto Ayala, Arizona Dreaming, Letras Probibidas, page 57:

     Snoopy los ejecutó tres días después con un corvo carcomido por el sarro, a eso de las tres de la madrugada cuando los soreprendió en una casa destroyer, […]

     Snoopy executed them three days later with a limescale-corroded hook, around three in the morning when he discovered them in a destroyer house, […]

   • 2017, Guillermo Valcárcel, Sombras que cruzan América, HarperCollins Ibérica S.A., page 224:

     Es muy probable que lo hayan arrastrado a una casa destroyer, sería incluso plausible que vecinos próximos, como lo fue doña María en su momento, pudieran escuchar sus quejidos en el aire y solo se atrevieran a encerrarse y subir el televisor.

     It's very likely they had dragged him to a destroyer house, it would even be plausible that nearby neighbors, as Ms. María was back then, could hear his groans in the air and only dared to confined themselves and turn up the television.

   • 2019 July 15, “Policías verifican que viviendas no sean utilizadas como «casas destroyer»”, in Última Hora SV‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-03-16:

     Agentes policiales en el departamento de Sonsonate realizan recorridos en varias comunidades para verificar que viviendas abandonadas no sean utilizadas por pandilleros como «casas destroyer».

     Police agents in the Sonsonate department did patrols in several communities to verify that abandoned houses are not used by gang members as destroyer houses.

   • 2020 July 14, “Desmantelan casa “destroyer” y capturan a pandilleros armados en San Salvador”, in Diario1‎^[2], archived from the original on 2024-03-16:

     Dos pandilleros del Bario 18 fueron capturados la mañana de este lunes en una casa destroyer de San Salvador, informó la Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) en sus redes sociales.

     Two Barrio 18 gang members were captured on Monday morning in a San Salvador destroyer house, informed the National Civil Police (PNC) in their social media.

   • 2022 August 15, Jonathan Laguán, “Localizan casa destroyer en Cuscatlán que servía de refugio para pandilleros”, in Diario El Salvador‎^[3], archived from the original on 2024-03-16:

     La Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) confirmó este lunes al mediodía la localización de una casa destroyer que funcionaba como refugio para miembros de grupos y estructuras de pandillas en el departamento de Cuscatlán.

     The National Civil Police (PNC) confirmed on Monday noon the location of a destroyer house that worked as a refuge for gang members and gang structures in the Cuscatlán department.

   • 2023, Rafael Urquilla, El país de la muerte, Caligrama, page 84:

     Pero esa vata no quería ser jaina del Poison, así que aprovechamos cuando se quedó sola para sacarla de su casa... La llevamos a una casa destroyer... Y la brincamos, perro; entre varios la hicimos mujer.

     But that girl didn't want to be Poison's girlfriend, so we took advantage when she was was alone to take her out of her house... We carried her to a destroyer house... And we banged her, dog; among several people we made her a woman.