güegüecho
التعريفات والمعاني
== Spanish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
güegüeche
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Pipil veveyotl (“old age”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡweˈɡwet͡ʃo/ [ɡweˈɣ̞we.t͡ʃo]
Rhymes: -etʃo
Syllabification: güe‧güe‧cho
=== Noun ===
güegüecho m (plural güegüechos)
(colloquial, El Salvador) goiter
Synonym: bocio
(colloquial, Honduras) double chin, dewlap, or wattle
Synonym: papada
=== Further reading ===
“güegüecho”, 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
“güegüecho”, 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