güegüecho

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)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador) goiter

   Synonym: bocio

2. (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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• güegüecho, güegüecha | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE