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Quechua in South American Spanish: The Inca Words That Survived the Conquest
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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.”
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/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.”
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/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
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