naco
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== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Unknown, possibly of Iberian origin. Compare Galician anaco.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -aku
Hyphenation: na‧co
=== Noun ===
naco m (plural nacos)
piece (especially of food)
Synonym: pedaço
naco de carne ― piece of meat
=== Further reading ===
“naco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“naco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Clipping of totonaco (“Totonac (an indigenous group)”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈnako/ [ˈna.ko]
Rhymes: -ako
Syllabification: na‧co
=== Adjective ===
naco (feminine naca, masculine plural nacos, feminine plural nacas)
(Mexico, derogatory) indigenous; Indian
Synonym: indio
(Mexico, derogatory, by extension) uncultured; backwards; vulgar
=== Noun ===
naco m (plural nacos, feminine naca, feminine plural nacas)
(Mexico, derogatory) an uncultured or indigenous person; a hillbilly or redneck
Synonym: iguazo
(Colombia) smashed potatoes
=== Further reading ===
Naco (argot) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Naco (slang) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“naco”, 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
“naco”, 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
“naco”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
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