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Portuguese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oʃu, (Northern Portugal) -ot͡ʃu
- Hyphenation: to‧cho
Noun
tocho m (plural tochos)
- club (heavy stick used as a weapon)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tocho
- first-person singular present indicative of tochar
Spanish
Etymology
Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *tusculus, diminutive of Latin tuscus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtot͡ʃo/
- Rhymes: -otʃo
- Syllabification: to‧cho
Adjective
tocho (feminine tocha, masculine plural tochos, feminine plural tochas)
- (colloquial, El Salvador) mean (person)
- Synonyms: miserable, mala gente, (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador, Chile) mala onda
- ¡No seás tocho! ― Don't be so mean!
- Esa es una gran tocha. ― She's a very mean girl.
- (colloquial) clumsy
- Synonym: torpe
- (colloquial) big, giant
- Synonym: grandulón
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