pucho

/ˈputʃo/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
puchos

Meaning

  1. cigarette butt (LatAm)

    • Tiró un pucho.

      He dropped a cigarette butt.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

colilla

colilla and pucho are close synonyms for "cigarette butt"; pucho is more Latin American regional, colilla the more standard term in Spain.

Practice

1 What does pucho mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tiró un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pucho?

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