cafiche
See also: cafiché
Spanish
Etymology
From Lunfardo cafisho, of disputed origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈfit͡ʃe/ [kaˈfi.t͡ʃe]
- Rhymes: -itʃe
- Syllabification: ca‧fi‧che
Noun
cafiche m (plural cafiches)
- (colloquial, Chile, Argentina, Peru) pimp
- Synonyms: cafisho, cafishio, cafiolo, (Argentina, Uruguay) cafisio, (Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Paraguay) caficho
- (colloquial, Chile, Argentina, Peru) sponger, freeloader (especially of women)
- Synonyms: gorrón, estafeta
Related terms
- cafichar, cafichear
Verb
cafiche
- inflection of cafichar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “cafiche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014