chueco

Spanish

Etymology

From chueca (“stump of a tree”), itself from Basque txoko (“anklebone”), perhaps recalling curved, bent branches sprouting from it.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃweko/ [ˈt͡ʃwe.ko]
Rhymes: -eko
Syllabification: chue‧co

Adjective

chueco (feminine chueca, masculine plural chuecos, feminine plural chuecas)

(Latin America) crooked, bent, curved (not straight, having one or more bends or angles)
Synonyms: combado, corvo, doblado, curvo, encorvado, gacho, torcido, zigzagueante

Antonyms: derecho, recto
(Latin America) crooked, oblique, (not at right angles, horizontal or vertical)
Synonyms: oblicuo, sesgado, inclinado
(Mexico, slang) hot, stolen
Synonyms: robado, ilegítimo

Antonyms: derecho, bueno, legítimo, legal
(Latin America) devious

Derived terms

chuecura
Punta Chueca

Further reading

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

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