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)
- (politics) ad hominem practice that originated in the Peruvian right of branding dissidents and leftists as terrorists in an effort to discredit them
Related terms
- terruco
- terruquear