cacafuego

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish. From the nickname of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, meaning "fire-shitter". See caca, fuego.

Noun

cacafuego (plural cacafuegos)

  1. A spitfire.
  2. (by extension) A braggart.
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