penco

See also: penço

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛŋ.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpɛŋ.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpeŋ.ko]

Verb

penco

1. first-person singular present indicative of pencar

Spanish

Etymology

From penca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpenko/ [ˈpẽŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -enko
• Syllabification: pen‧co

Noun

penco m (plural pencos)

1. nag (weak horse)

   Synonym: rocín

2. numpty, buffoon
3. (colloquial, El Salvador) a lot of, a pile of

   un penco de jocotes ― a lot of jocotes (Spondias purpurea)

4. (Louisiana) rabbit

   Synonym: conejo

Further reading

• “penco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014