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/Sounds like "TOON" (as in "tool") + "koh" (as in "coat")/

Meaning

In El Salvador and Honduras, a pig or hog. Also used colloquially to call someone dirty or messy, like "pig" in English.

Examples

We're buying tunco meat for the party.

You're such a tunco - clean up your room.

Regional synonyms

To end up looking like a fool after boasting or promising something you could not deliver. In Argentina, "quedar de pajero" is the public embarrassment of someone who talked big and then the result made them look ridiculous in front of everyone.