chueco

(Anglès)

  1. (Latin-America) crooked, bent, curved (not straight, having one or more bends or angles)
  2. (Latin-America) crooked, oblique, (not at right angles, horizontal or vertical)
  3. (Mexico, slang) hot, stolen
  4. (Latin-America) devious

Oposat a
derecho, recto, bueno, legítimo, legal
Amb guionet com a
chue‧co
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃweko/
Etimologia (Anglès)

From chueca (“stump of a tree”), itself from Basque txoko (“anklebone”), perhaps recalling curved, bent branches sprouting from it.

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