naco
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, possibly of Iberian origin. Compare Galician anaco.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aku
- Hyphenation: na‧co
Noun edit
naco m (plural nacos)
- piece (especially of food)
- Synonym: pedaço
- naco de carne ― piece of meat
- 1883, Teófilo Braga, “O cego e o moço”, in Contos Tradicionaes do Povo Portuguez:
- Um cego andava pedindo esmola pela mão de um moço; a uma porta deram-lhe um naco de pão e um bocado de linguiça.
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of totonaco (“Totonac (an indigenous group)”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
naco (feminine naca, masculine plural nacos, feminine plural nacas)
- (Mexico, derogatory) indigenous; Indian
- Synonym: indio
- (Mexico, derogatory, by extension) uncultured; backwards; vulgar
Noun edit
naco m (plural nacos, feminine naca, feminine plural nacas)
- (Mexico, derogatory) an uncultured or indigenous person; a hillbilly or redneck
- Synonym: iguazo
- (Colombia) smashed potatoes
Further reading edit
- Naco (argot) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
- Naco (slang) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “naco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014