Pachuco

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 2 Spanish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective

English

Etymology

Spanish pachuco.

Pronunciation

IPA: /pə'ʧu:kəʊ/

Noun

Singular pachuco

Plural pachucos

1. a Mexican-American, especially a juvenile delinquant in the Los Angeles area

   • 1998: They asked him if he was a pachuco. He said all the pachucos he knew of lived in El Paso. He told em he didn’t know any Mexican pachucos. — Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: /pa'ʧuko/

Adjective

pachuco

1. (Mexican) flashy, flashily dressed