pichiruche
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Mapudungun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pit͡ʃiˈɾut͡ʃe/ [pi.t͡ʃiˈɾu.t͡ʃe]
- Rhymes: -utʃe
- Syllabification: pi‧chi‧ru‧che
Noun
pichiruche m (plural pichiruches)
- (Bolivia, Chile, Peru, colloquial) An insignificant or unimportant person.
Further reading
- “pichiruche”, 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
- “pichiruche”, 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