tocho

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʃu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʃu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʃo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto.t͡ʃu/

• Rhymes: -oʃu, (Northern Portugal) -ot͡ʃu
• Hyphenation: to‧cho

Noun

tocho m (plural tochos)

1. club (heavy stick used as a weapon)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tocho

1. first-person singular present indicative of tochar

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *tusculus, diminutive of Latin tuscus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtot͡ʃo/ [ˈt̪o.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -otʃo
• Syllabification: to‧cho

Adjective

tocho (feminine tocha, masculine plural tochos, feminine plural tochas)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador) mean (person)

   Synonyms: miserable, mala gente, (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador, Chile) mala onda

   ¡No seás tocho! ― Don't be so mean!

   Esa es una gran tocha. ― She's a very mean girl.

2. (colloquial) clumsy

   Synonym: torpe

3. (colloquial) big, giant

   Synonym: grandulón

Further reading

• “tocho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983) “tocho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 527