Cancha
Quechua in South American Spanish: The Inca Words That Survived the Conquest
Community
Your word isn't here yet
Join Hablaaa and add the expression no one else has documented.
Create accountor
Add a word/Sounds like "POO" (as in "pool") + "choh" (as in "chose")/
Meaning
A cigarette in Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile, the most Rioplatense way to refer to a smoke. Asking for a pucho is the universal icebreaker among smokers across the Southern Cone.
Examples
“Got a smoke? I ran out.”
“He went outside to have a cigarette and never came back.”
Word family
Regional synonyms
/Sounds like "POO" (as in "pool") + "choh" (as in "chose")/
Meaning
A cigarette, or more specifically a cigarette butt. In Central America, pucho is the everyday word for a smoke, used casually to bum one or describe a cheap cigarette burned down to the filter.
Examples
“Can you spare a cigarette? I ran out a while ago.”
“He's had the cigarette habit since he was sixteen.”
Word family
Regional synonyms
Showing 2 definitions, sorted by votes
Community
Your word isn't here yet
Join Hablaaa and add the expression no one else has documented.
/Sounds like "POO" (as in "pool") + "choh" (as in "chose")/
Meaning
A cigarette in Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile, the most Rioplatense way to refer to a smoke. Asking for a pucho is the universal icebreaker among smokers across the Southern Cone.
Examples
“Got a smoke? I ran out.”
“He went outside to have a cigarette and never came back.”
Word family
Regional synonyms
/Sounds like "POO" (as in "pool") + "choh" (as in "chose")/
Meaning
A cigarette, or more specifically a cigarette butt. In Central America, pucho is the everyday word for a smoke, used casually to bum one or describe a cheap cigarette burned down to the filter.
Examples
“Can you spare a cigarette? I ran out a while ago.”
“He's had the cigarette habit since he was sixteen.”
Word family
Regional synonyms
Showing 2 definitions, sorted by votes
Articles featuring this word
Tibio
+2
Literally "lukewarm," used for someone who is wishy-washy, noncommittal, or half-hearted. If someone is being tibio with you, they are not fully in but not fully out either, giving you just enough attention to keep you hanging. Very common in dating contexts across Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina.