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Spanish
Etymology
From chueca (“stump of a tree”), itself from Basque txoko (“anklebone”), perhaps recalling curved, bent branches sprouting from it.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃweko/
- Rhymes: -eko
- Syllabification: chue‧co
Adjective
chueco (feminine chueca, masculine plural chuecos, feminine plural chuecas)
- (Latin America) crooked, bent, curved (not straight, having one or more bends or angles)
- Synonyms: combado, corvo, doblado, curvo, encorvado, gacho, torcido, zigzagueante
- Antonyms: derecho, recto
- (Latin America) crooked, oblique, (not at right angles, horizontal or vertical)
- Synonyms: oblicuo, sesgado, inclinado
- (Mexico, slang) hot, stolen
- Synonyms: robado, ilegítimo
- Antonyms: derecho, bueno, legítimo, legal
- (Latin America) devious
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