terruqueo

Spanish

Etymology

Deverbal from terruquear. Analyzed as terruco +‎ -eo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teruˈkeo/ [t̪e.ruˈke.o]
  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Syllabification: te‧rru‧que‧o

Noun

terruqueo m (uncountable)

  1. (politics) ad hominem practice that originated in the Peruvian right of branding dissidents and leftists as terrorists in an effort to discredit them