quinqui
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From quincallero (“ironmonger”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
quinqui m or f by sense (plural quinquis)
- Quinqui
- (colloquial, Spain) crook, hoodlum
- 2015 July 26, “Sexo, drogas y acné: el cine adolescente salvaje”, in El País[1]:
- Fue la explosión del cine quinqui, que recogía la realidad de esa época en que varios jóvenes delincuentes alcanzaron cierta popularidad por sus fechorías.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading[edit]
- “quinqui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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