cuico
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwiko/ [ˈkwi.ko]
Audio (Peru) (file) - Rhymes: -iko
- Syllabification: cui‧co
Noun
cuico m (plural cuicos, feminine cuica, feminine plural cuicas)
- (Chile, informal, derogatory) a rich person, a snob, a social climber
- Synonyms: esnob, pijo, pituco, siútico
Adjective
cuico (feminine cuica, masculine plural cuicos, feminine plural cuicas)
- (Chile, informal, derogatory) pertaining to the similarities in quality of a rich person, or one who pretends to be one, or of a snob
Further reading
- “cuico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014