bellaco
Spanish
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈʝako/ [beˈʝa.ko] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /beˈʎako/ [beˈʎa.ko] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /beˈʃako/ [beˈʃa.ko] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /beˈʒako/ [beˈʒa.ko] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ako
- Syllabification: be‧lla‧co
Noun
bellaco m (plural bellacos, feminine bellaca, feminine plural bellacas)
- scoundrel, rascal
- (Peru) plantain (banana)
- Synonym: llantén
- plátano bellaco ― bellaco plantain
- Vendemos plátano bellaco a bajo precio
- We sell plantain bananas at a low price
- Imparten nuevas técnicas de abono para cultivo de plátano bellaco
- New fertilizing techniques taught for growing plantain
- (Puerto Rico, slang) one who is horny
Adjective
bellaco (feminine bellaca, masculine plural bellacos, feminine plural bellacas)
- vile
- cunning
- (Puerto Rico, slang) horny
- 2020, “Safaera”, performed by Bad Bunny, Jowell & Randy, and Ñengo Flow:
- Má' puta que Betty Boop / La que se puso bellaca, mami, fuiste tú
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- abellacar
- bellaquear
- bellaqueo
- bellaquería
- mentir como un bellaco
Descendants
- → Cebuano: bilyako
- → Italian: vigliacco
- → Piedmontese: viliach
- → Portuguese: velhaco
- → Kabuverdianu: bidjáku
Further reading
- “bellaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024