cachaco
See also: cachaço
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃako/ [kaˈt͡ʃa.ko]
- Rhymes: -ako
- Syllabification: ca‧cha‧co
Adjective
cachaco (feminine cachaca, masculine plural cachacos, feminine plural cachacas)
- (Colombia) elegant, educated
Noun
cachaco m (plural cachacos, feminine cachaca, feminine plural cachacas)
- (Peru, derogatory) soldier
- (Puerto Rico) Spaniard
- (Colombia) Bogotan; bookworm, intellectual
- (colloquial) fop
Usage notes
In Colombia, cachaco is applied to Bogotans whose parents were also from Bogotá, as contrasted to rolo, which is used for Bogotans whose parents came from elsewhere[1].
References
- http://blogs.eltiempo.com/el-blogotazo/2006/09/22/rolo-cachaco-bogotano-mas-que-inocentes-palabras/
Further reading
- “cachaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014