tuco

See also: tučo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tuco.

Noun

tuco (uncountable)

2. A tomato-based pasta sauce, similar to a ragout or bolognese, traditionally consumed in South America.
   • 2015, John M. Keller, Abracadabrantesque, New York, N.Y.,  […]: Dr. Cicero Books, →ISBN, page 440:

     We ate ñoqui in a tuco sauce that they'd ordered already prepared, and Soriano and I drank wine, a De Lucca cabernet sauvignon, while Felip didn't drink anything at all […]

   • 2017, Carolyn Caldicott, World Street Food: Easy Recipes for Young Travellers, London: Pimpernel Press Ltd., →ISBN, page 61:

     Customize your tuco sauce: add sliced mushrooms, diced aubergine or sliced spinach, or think of some ideas of your own.

See also

etymologically unrelated

• tuco-tuco

 

Further reading

• tuco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuko/ [ˈt̪u.ko]
• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: tu‧co

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Adjective

tuco (feminine tuca, masculine plural tucos, feminine plural tucas)

1. (Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Venezuela) one-armed

Noun

tuco m (plural tucos)

1. (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) tuco (sauce)
2. (Asturias) pork bone, hard thing
3. (Asturias, Guatemala, Honduras, Puerto Rico) stump
4. (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama) piece of wood

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua tucu.

Noun

tuco m (plural tucos)

1. (Argentina) a type of beetle

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Quechua tuku.

Noun

tuco m (plural tucos)

1. (Peru) a kind of owl

Further reading

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