trucho

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾut͡ʃo/ [ˈt̪ɾu.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -utʃo
• Syllabification: tru‧cho

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

trucho m (plural truchos)

1. (humorous) masculine singular of trucha (“trout”)

• This is most commonly used in the humorous phrase te quiero como la trucha al trucho

Derived from Italian trucco.

trucho (feminine trucha, masculine plural truchos, feminine plural truchas)

1. (colloquial, Ecuador, Bolivia, Rioplatense, Chile) fake, counterfeit, inauthentic

   Synonym: falso

2. (colloquial, Bolivia, Argentina) something of low quality

• (antonym(s) of “real”): real, auténtico, genuino

• “trucho”, 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