yanacona

== English == === Noun === yanacona (plural yanaconas or yanacona) Alternative form of yanakuna. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Quechua yanakuna. The sense of "traitor" used by Mapuche people in Chile was derived from Yanakuna auxiliaries participating in the Conquest of Chile as enemies of the Mapuche tribes. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ona Syllabification: ya‧na‧co‧na === Noun === yanacona m or f by sense (plural yanaconas) yanacona (Chile, derogatory) a traitor against Mapuche people === Further reading === “yanacona”, 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