English
Etymology
Spanish pachuco#Spanish|pachuco.
Pronunciation
IPA|/p�'ʧu:k��/
Noun
en-noun
- a Mexican-American, especially a juvenile delinquant in the Los Angeles area
#:*1998: They asked him if he was a pachuco. He said all the pachucos he knew of lived in El Paso. He told em he didn�t know any Mexican pachucos. � Cormac McCarthy?, Cities of the Plain
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA|/pa'ʧuko/
Adjective
pachuco
- (Mexican) flashy, flashily dressed
- (Costa Rican) slang (often considered low-class)
Noun
pachuco m
- (Costa Rican) an uneducated person from the city who uses city slang
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ru:pachuco
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