catracho
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a mispronunciation of the surname of Florencio Xatruch, a General who led the Honduran expeditionary force against William Walker in Nicaragua in 1856.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
catracho (feminine catracha, masculine plural catrachos, feminine plural catrachas)
Noun[edit]
catracho m (plural catrachos, feminine catracha, feminine plural catrachas)
- (colloquial) Honduran person
- (Honduras) a dish consisting of fried corn with beans and cheese
Further reading[edit]
- “catracho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014