cachaco
See also: cachaço
Spanish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editcachaco (feminine cachaca, masculine plural cachacos, feminine plural cachacas)
Noun
editcachaco m (plural cachacos, feminine cachaca, feminine plural cachacas)
- (Peru, derogatory) soldier
- (Puerto Rico) Spaniard
- (Colombia) Bogotan; bookworm, intellectual
- (colloquial) fop
Usage notes
edit- In Colombia, cachaco is applied to Bogotans whose parents were also from Bogotá, as contrasted to rolo, which is used for Bogotans whose parents came from elsewhere.[1]
References
editFurther reading
edit- “cachaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014