Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pachuco

/pəˈt͡ʃuːkəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: pachu-co
IPA: /pəˈt͡ʃuːkəʊ/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Mexican American, especially a juvenile delinquent in the Los Angeles area.

American usage; Countable

noun

An argot spoken by that group, sometimes known as caló.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Now they saw that Terry was Mexican, a Pachuco wildcat; and that her boy was worse than that."
"I moved farther and farther into the Chicano community. I took Spanish in school and found willing tutors among my friends, who taught me a real-life version of the standard textbook language. I began to dress and comb my hair in the pachuco style of the day. I acquired the social customs and mannerisms of those around me."
"They asked him if he was a pachuco. He said all the pachucos he knew of lived in El Paso. He told em he didn’t know any Mexican pachucos."
"Like the zoot suit, the Pachuco caló was adopted by a large part of the Chicano youth who did not, in essence, identify themselves as Pachucos."

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish pachuco (“flashily dressed”).

Word Breakdown

Root: pachuco

Usage

Inflected Forms

pachucos (plural)

Derived Forms

chuke

Questions

How do you pronounce pachuco?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈt͡ʃuːkəʊ/.
What does pachuco mean?: A Mexican American, especially a juvenile delinquent in the Los Angeles area.
Where does pachuco come from?: From Mexican Spanish pachuco (“flashily dressed”).

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