irse chuco
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “to go dirty”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌiɾse ˈt͡ʃuko/ [ˌiɾ.se ˈt͡ʃu.ko]
- Syllabification: ir‧se chu‧co
Verb
irse chuco (first-person singular present me voy chuco, first-person singular preterite me fui chuco, past participle ido chuco)
- (intransitive, colloquial, El Salvador) to be mistaken
- Me fui chuco, pensé que la reunión era mañana, pero es hoy.
- I was mistaken, I thought the meeting were tomorrow, but it's today.
Conjugation
Further reading
- “chuco”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010