acullico

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua .

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /akuˈʝiko/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /akuˈʎiko/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /akuˈʃiko/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /akuˈʒiko/

  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Syllabification: a‧cu‧lli‧co

Noun

acullico m (plural acullicos)

  1. (Bolivia) the chewing of cocoa leaves
    • 2016 December, “Droga en las fronteras”, in El Deber Bolivia‎:
      Estos cocaleros han pedido que se haga un referéndum para saber cuál es la coca que consumen los bolivianos que tienen la costumbre del acullico, y que, según esos resultados, se prohíba el cultivo en los lugares que producen para otros fines, es decir, para el narcotráfico.
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