güegüecho
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Pipil veveyotl (“old age”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡweˈɡwet͡ʃo/ [ɡweˈɣ̞we.t͡ʃo]
- Rhymes: -etʃo
- Syllabification: güe‧güe‧cho
Noun
güegüecho m (plural güegüechos)
- (colloquial, El Salvador) goiter
- Synonym: bocio
- (colloquial, Honduras) double chin
- Synonym: papada
- (colloquial, Honduras) dewlap, wattle
- Synonym: papada
Further reading
- “güegüecho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- güegüecho, güegüecha | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE
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