arrecho
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈret͡ʃo/ [aˈre.t͡ʃo]
- Rhymes: -etʃo
- Syllabification: a‧rre‧cho
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin arrēctus (“upright, erect; steep”).
Adjective
arrecho (feminine arrecha, masculine plural arrechos, feminine plural arrechas)
- (vulgar) horny, randy
- (vulgar, of a penis) erect, hard
- (Venezuela, Colombia, colloquial) angry, pissed off
- (Mexico, Central America, colloquial) brave, energetic
- (colloquial) awesome, cool
- (colloquial) difficult, hard
Derived terms
- arrechamente
- arrechar
- arrechera
- arrechucho
Etymology 2
Verb
arrecho
- first-person singular present indicative of arrechar
Further reading
- “arrecho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024