cafiche

See also: cafiché

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈfit͡ʃe/ [kaˈfi.t͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -itʃe
  • Syllabification: ca‧fi‧che

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lunfardo cafisho, of disputed origin.

Maybe from the Italian stoccafisso (“catfish, lanky”), or catfish, a slang term they used to refer to cargoes from the trade; compare the Spanish equivalent macarra, of analogous origin

Noun

cafiche m (plural cafiches)

  1. (colloquial, Andes, Paraguay, Argentina) pimp
    Synonyms: cafisho, cafishio, cafiolo, (Argentina, Uruguay) cafisio, (Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Paraguay) caficho
  2. (colloquial, Chile, Argentina, Peru) sponger, freeloader (especially of women)
    Synonyms: gorrón, estafeta

Noun

cafiche m or f by sense (plural cafiches)

  1. (colloquial, Chile) pimp

Etymology 2

Verb

cafiche

  1. inflection of cafichar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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