tuco

See also: tučo

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)

(Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Venezuela) one-armed

Noun

tuco m (plural tucos)

(Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) type of tomato sauce similar to a ragout or bolognese
(Asturias) pork bone, hard thing
(Asturias, Guatemala, Honduras, Puerto Rico) stump
(Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama) piece of wood

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua tucu.

Noun

tuco m (plural tucos)

(Argentina) a type of beetle

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Quechua tuku.

Noun

tuco m (plural tucos)

(Peru) a kind of owl

Further reading

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

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