tuco
See also: tučo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuko/ [ˈt̪u.ko]
- Rhymes: -uko
- Syllabification: tu‧co
Etymology 1
Uncertain.
Adjective
tuco (feminine tuca, masculine plural tucos, feminine plural tucas)
- (Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Venezuela) one-armed
Noun
tuco m (plural tucos)
- (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) type of tomato sauce similar to a ragout or bolognese
- (Asturias) pork bone, hard thing
- (Asturias, Guatemala, Honduras, Puerto Rico) stump
- (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama) piece of wood
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Quechua tucu.
Noun
tuco m (plural tucos)
- (Argentina) a type of beetle
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Quechua tuku.
Noun
tuco m (plural tucos)
- (Peru) a kind of owl
Further reading
- “tuco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014