cinco de yuca

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “five of cassava”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌθinko de ˈʝuka/ [ˌθĩŋ.ko ð̞e ˈʝu.ka] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /ˌsinko de ˈʝuka/ [ˌsĩŋ.ko ð̞e ˈʝu.ka] (most of Latin America, Philippines)
 
  • IPA(key): /ˌsinko de ˈʃuka/ [ˌsĩŋ.ko ð̞e ˈʃu.ka] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˌsinko de ˈʒuka/ [ˌsĩŋ.ko ð̞e ˈʒu.ka] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: cin‧co de yu‧ca

Noun

cinco de yuca m or f by sense (plural cincos de yuca)

  1. (colloquial, El Salvador) a petty thing or person

Further reading

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