pacotilla
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From paca (“bale”).
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: pa‧co‧ti‧lla
Noun edit
pacotilla f (plural pacotillas)
- free luggage of a sailor
- trash, junk, garbage (something of inferior quality)
- (Latin America) mob, rabble
- (El Salvador, Nicaragua) gang
- Synonym: pandilla
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- French: pacotille (borrowing)
Further reading edit
- “pacotilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014