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Caco
/Sounds like "KAH" (as in "car") + "koh" (as in "coat")/
A thief, a robber, in Buenos Aires lunfardo, someone who makes their living stealing. Caco is old-school street vocabulary, the word for the kind of skilled thief who operates with purpose rather than impulse.
“Un caco le vació el departamento mientras dormía.”
“A thief cleaned out his apartment while he slept.”
“They knew every thief in the neighborhood by name.”
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Caco
/Sounds like "KAH" (as in "car") + "koh" (as in "coat")/
A thief, a robber, in Buenos Aires lunfardo, someone who makes their living stealing. Caco is old-school street vocabulary, the word for the kind of skilled thief who operates with purpose rather than impulse.
“Un caco le vació el departamento mientras dormía.”
“A thief cleaned out his apartment while he slept.”
“They knew every thief in the neighborhood by name.”
Pegue
In Central America (Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua), social magnetism or the ability to attract people, especially romantically. Having pegue means people are drawn to you.