curcuncho

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua kurku. Doublet of curcucho and corcuncho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuɾˈkunt͡ʃo/ [kuɾˈkũnʲ.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -untʃo
• Syllabification: cur‧cun‧cho

Adjective

curcuncho (feminine curcuncha, masculine plural curcunchos, feminine plural curcunchas)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador) hunchbacked; humped

   Synonym: jorobado

Further reading

• “curcuncho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “curcuncho” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010