pereque

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Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈɾeke/
  • Rhymes: -eke
  • Syllabification: pe‧re‧que

Noun

pereque m (uncountable)

  1. (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.
  2. (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"

Descendants

  • Jamaican Creole: prekeh

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