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Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈɾeke/
- Rhymes: -eke
- Syllabification: pe‧re‧que
Noun
pereque m (uncountable)
- (Latin America) bore, bother, nuisance
1964, Richard Renner (Editor), Comparative Education (in English), page 113:“No es ningún pereque traerle lo que me encargó de San Andrés. […] ”- It is no bother to bring you what you want from San Andrés.
2017, Paco Pomares, Razones para matar a un frutero (in Spanish), →ISBN:“Joder, ¡mi cuñado es un pereque!, exclamó Miguel Alejandro, el criollo padre, marido de María Fernanda. […] ”- Damn! "My brother-in-law is such a nuisance", exclaimed Miguel Alejandro, the Latin American father and María Fernanda's husband.
- (Latin America) commotion, scandal
1967, Enrique Peña Hernández, Columna lexicográfica, volume 1 (in Spanish), page 101:“ARMAR UN PEREQUE , que en sentido figurado quiere decir "Armar un escándalo o alboroto por causa de algo" […] ”- ARMAR UN PEREQUE, which in a figurative sense means "to create a scandal or commotion because of something"
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