chacuaco

== Spanish == === Alternative forms === chacoaco === Etymology === Borrowed from Purepecha chakuákua (“chimney”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈkwako/ [t͡ʃaˈkwa.ko] Rhymes: -ako Syllabification: cha‧cua‧co === Noun === chacuaco m (plural chacuacos) (Mexico) chimney === Noun === chacuaco m (plural chacuacos, feminine chacuaca, feminine plural chacuacas) (Mexico) a smoker (Mexico) a liar; a fraudster === Adjective === chacuaco (feminine chacuaca, masculine plural chacuacos, feminine plural chacuacas) (Mexico, of a person) smoking; inclined to smoke (Mexico, of a person) dishonest === Further reading === “chacuaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “chacuaco”, 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 “chacuaco”, in Diccionario del español de México [Dictionary of the Spanish of Mexico] (in Spanish), second edition, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua [Mexican Academy of the Tongue], 2019 Guido Gómez de Silva (2001), “chacuaco”, in Diccionario breve de mexicanismos [Brief Dictionary of Mexicanisms], first edition, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua [Mexican Academy of the Tongue]