pacotilla
Spanish
Etymology
From paca (“bale”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pakoˈtiʝa/ [pa.koˈt̪i.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /pakoˈtiʎa/ [pa.koˈt̪i.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pakoˈtiʃa/ [pa.koˈt̪i.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pakoˈtiʒa/ [pa.koˈt̪i.ʒa]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: pa‧co‧ti‧lla
Noun
pacotilla f (plural pacotillas)
- free luggage of a sailor
- trash, junk, garbage (something of inferior quality)
- (Latin America) mob, rabble
- Synonyms: chusma, gentuza
- (El Salvador, Nicaragua) gang
- Synonym: pandilla
Derived terms
- de pacotilla
Descendants
- French: pacotille (borrowing)
Further reading
- “pacotilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014