ruco
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈruko/ [ˈru.ko]
- Rhymes: -uko
- Syllabification: ru‧co
Adjective
ruco (feminine ruca, masculine plural rucos, feminine plural rucas)
Noun
ruco m (plural rucos, feminine ruca, feminine plural rucas)
- (derogatory, Latin America) old fogey, dodo, fuddy-duddy (very old person)
- Synonym: vejestorio
- (derogatory, Latin America) dobbin (old horse)
Further reading
- “ruco”, 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