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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

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
gu‧sa‧no
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. Unrelated to гу́сеница (gúsenica, “worm”) In the sense of "counter-revolutionary" or "reactionary" it can be attributed to Fidel Castro.

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