gusano

Meaning

1. (masculine) worm
2. (masculine) insect larva, such as a grub, caterpillar, or maggot
3. (derogatory,masculine) Hispanicized Mexican
4. (Cuba,derogatory,masculine) Cuban reactionary or counter-revolutionary

Concepts

worm

maggot

earthworm

grub

caterpillar

larva

angleworm

bug

insect

vermin

crawler

dew worm

fishing worm

fishworm

nightcrawler

nightwalker

red worm

wiggler

spiral pinion

worm gear

worm screw

Hyphenated as

gu‧sa‧no

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡuˈsano/

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin cossus (with an additional suffix), according to the Diccionario de la lengua española of 1884, but this is highly unlikely. Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
In the sense of "counter-revolutionary" or "reactionary" it can be attributed to Fidel Castro.