chueco

Spanish

Etymology

From chueca (“stump of a tree”), itself from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Basque txoko (“anklebone”), perhaps recalling curved, bent branches sprouting from it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃweko/ [ˈt͡ʃwe.ko]

Adjective

chueco (feminine chueca, masculine plural chuecos, feminine plural chuecas)

1. (Latin America) crooked, bent, curved (not straight, having one or more bends or angles)
2. (Latin America) crooked, oblique, (not at right angles, horizontal or vertical)
3. (Mexico, slang) hot, stolen
4. (Latin America) devious

Synonyms

• (crooked): corvo, doblado, curvo, encorvado, gacho, torcido, zigzagueante
• (oblique): oblicuo, sesgado, inclinado
• (stolen): robado, ilegítimo

Antonyms

• (crooked): derecho, recto
• (stolen): derecho, bueno, legítimo, legal

Derived terms

• chuecura