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/Sounds like "TRAH" (as in "tract") + "keh" (as in "kept")/

Meaning

Chicano Spanglish for railroad tracks, from English "track." Historically many Chicanos worked on the traque, and "del otro lado del traque" (the other side of the tracks) marks the poor side of town.

Examples

We lived on the other side of the traque, where nobody wanted to rent.

Don't run across the traque, wait for the train to pass.

Regional synonyms

A person from Buenos Aires, the port city. Porteños have a reputation for being sophisticated, Eurocentric, and a bit self-centered. To the rest of Argentina, the porteño thinks Buenos Aires is the only city that matters.