chancuco

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃanˈkuko/
  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Syllabification: chan‧cu‧co

Noun

chancuco m (plural chancucos)

  1. (Colombia, Venezuela) smuggling
    • 2019 October 30, Harold Alvarado Tenorio, “Una ministra calceta”, in El Nacional:
      Nombrada en el cargo una muchacha bogotana de 28 años, que nunca había estado entre saltatrás, palenqueros, raizales, notentiendos y vendedores de viche y chancuco, excepto por el color de sus mejillas, se instauró, en el Ministerio de Cultura, la tradición obamiana de nombrar a una negra, bien blanca de habla, católica, maneras y alimentación, y por supuesto trajes, o queriendo serlo, para ese cargo.
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