bazuco

== English == === Etymology === From Colombian Spanish bazuco. === Noun === bazuco (uncountable) Alternative form of basuco. ==== Translations ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === basuco === Etymology === Formed from base, for being obtained from cocaine base paste; compare English freebase. Alternatively, perhaps related to bazucar (“to shake violently”) or basura (“waste, trash”), or from English bazooka (“rocket launcher”), presumably because of the drug’s explosive effect. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈθuko/ [baˈθu.ko] (Spain) IPA(key): /baˈsuko/ [baˈsu.ko] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -uko Syllabification: ba‧zu‧co === Noun === bazuco m (plural bazucos) (Colombia) basuco, cocaine paste === References === === Further reading === “bazuco”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010