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Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English junkie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝonki/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃonki/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒonki/
- Rhymes: -onki
- Syllabification: yon‧qui
Noun
yonqui m or f by sense (plural yonquis)
- (colloquial) junkie, drug addict
- Synonym: drogadicto
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