guerko

Ladino

Alternative forms

• uerko

Etymology

From Old Spanish huerco (“Hell; the Devil”), from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). Cognate with English ogre and orc.

Noun

guerko m

1. the Devil

Related terms

• ande se arrapa el guerko (“where the devil shaves”)
• el guerko ke se lo yeve (“may the devil take them”)