/Sounds like 'KAH-koh'/
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."
"Conocían a todos los cacos del barrio por nombre. → A thief cleaned out his apartment while he slept."
"They knew every thief in the neighborhood by name."
/Sounds like 'KAH-koh'/
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."
"Conocían a todos los cacos del barrio por nombre. → A thief cleaned out his apartment while he slept."
"They knew every thief in the neighborhood by name."