salveque
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /salˈbeke/ [salˈβ̞e.ke]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -eke
- Syllabification: sal‧ve‧que
Noun
salveque m (plural salveques)
- (Costa Rica) knapsack; satchel
- 2018 July 22, Jessica Rojas Ch, “Malabares urbanos: en el semáforo sí hay tiempo para soñar”, in La Nación (Costa Rica)[1]:
- Los salveques son sus eternos compañeros.
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- (colloquial, El Salvador) alternative spelling of salbeque
- Synonyms: salvequeada, intimidación, provocación
Derived terms
Further reading
- “salveque”, 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