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Spanish
Etymology
From paca (“bale”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pakoˈtiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /pakoˈtiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pakoˈtiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pakoˈtiʒa/
- Syllabification: pa‧co‧ti‧lla
Noun
pacotilla f (plural pacotillas)
- free luggage of a sailor
- trash, junk, garbage (something of inferior quality)
- (Latin America) mob, rabble
- Synonyms: chusma, gentuza
- (El Salvador, Nicaragua) gang
- Synonym: pandilla
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