yonqui

Spanish

Alternative forms

yonki

Etymology

Borrowed from English junkie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝonki/ [ˈɟ͡ʝõŋ.ki]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃonki/ [ˈʃõŋ.ki]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒonki/ [ˈʒõŋ.ki]

Rhymes: -onki
Syllabification: yon‧qui

Noun

yonqui m or f by sense (plural yonquis)

(colloquial) junkie, drug addict
Synonym: drogadicto

Further reading

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

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