chúcaro

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua chucru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃukaɾo/ [ˈt͡ʃu.ka.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -ukaɾo
• Syllabification: chú‧ca‧ro

Adjective

chúcaro (feminine chúcara, masculine plural chúcaros, feminine plural chúcaras)

1. (Latin America, of a domesticated animal) untamed
2. (Latin America, of a person) unfriendly, unsociable

Further reading

• “chúcaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28