Pachuco
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pəˈt͡ʃuːkəʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pachuco is a noun meaning (US, countable) A Mexican American, especially a juvenile delinquent in the Los Angeles area.
Meaning
(US, countable) A Mexican American, especially a juvenile delinquent in the Los Angeles area.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) An argot spoken by that group, sometimes known as caló.
Example Sentences
Now they saw that Terry was Mexican, a Pachuco wildcat; and that her boy was worse than that.
They asked him if he was a pachuco. He said all the pachucos he knew of lived in El Paso. He told em he didn’t know any Mexican pachucos.
Like the zoot suit, the Pachuco caló was adopted by a large part of the Chicano youth who did not, in essence, identify themselves as Pachucos.
I moved farther and farther into the Chicano community. I took Spanish in school and found willing tutors among my friends, who taught me a real-life version of the standard textbook language. I began to dress and comb my hair in the pachuco style of the day. I acquired the social customs and mannerisms of those around me.
Word Forms
- pachucos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chuke, pocho, vato, cholo, puchito, amigo.
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