pachuco

Meaning

Adj

1. (Mexico) flashy, flashily dressed
2. (Costa-Rica) slang (often considered low-class)

Noun

1. (Mexico, masculine) dandy
2. (Costa-Rica, masculine) uneducated person from the city who uses city slang

Concepts

pachuco

Synonyms

mal hablado

mostrar ordinariez o bajeza

cobre

algo malo

Hyphenated as

pa‧chu‧co

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paˈt͡ʃuko/

Etymology

Unknown etymology. Hypotheses include:
* From a Classical Nahuatl word.
* A shortening of pa El Chuco ("to El Paso").
* From Pachuca.
* From pocho.