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Galician
Verb
pinche
- inflection of pinchar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Verb
pinche
- inflection of pinchar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpint͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -intʃe
- Syllabification: pin‧che
Etymology 1
Deverbal from pinchar. The semantic evolution is unclear.
Adjective
pinche m or f (masculine and feminine plural pinches)
- (Mexico, vulgar) fucking, goddamned
- Synonyms: maldito, puto
2017, Prem Dayal, Autobiografía de un pinche güey:Y luego, cuando estos hijos que tanto querías vienen a este pinche mundo, te comienzas a quejar de cómo son, los tratas mal, los adiestras como animales de circo […]- And then, when those children that you wanted so much come to this fucking world, you start complaining about how they are, you treat them wrong, you train them like circus animals
- (Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, also by a minority in El Salvador) stingy, cheap
- Synonym: tacaño
Noun
pinche m or f by sense (plural pinches)
- (Mexico, Spain) a kitchen servant
Noun
pinche m (plural pinches)
- (Chile, Puerto Rico) hairpin (fastener for the hair)
Etymology 2
Verb
pinche
- inflection of pinchar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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