rasquache
English
Etymology
From Mexican Spanish rascuache (“poor, coarse or vulgar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɑ skwɔː t͡ʃe/
Adjective
rasquache (comparative more rasquache, superlative most rasquache)
- (US) A chicano expression describing a do-it-yourself attitude. To make something from nothing. To make do with the resources at hand.
- Central America & Mexico = "pobre" (poor), "penniless", "desgraciado" (wretched), "ridículo" (ridiculous, in bad taste), "grosero" (grosero, coarse, vulgar), "tacaño" (mean, tightfisted)
Further reading
rasquache on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “rasquache” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.