What does «chamuco» mean in Spanish?
- Pan dulce; egg bread. Very common in Toluca.
♦ Used in: Mexico - The devil; demon.
♦ Used in: Guatemala - Mexico - Nicaragua
Examples of use in Spanish: "¡me lleva el chamuco!".
"te sugiero no salgas esta noche, no se te vaya a aparecer el chamuco en la oscuridad".
"¿hace magia negra, tiene pacto con el chamuco?".
"¡Vamos a misa para que se te salga el chamuco!".
- Naughty or hyperactive child.
- Pre-Hispanic drink made from plums or other fermented fruit, with water, piloncillo or sugar. It is traditional from Puebla.
♦ Used in: Mexico - Dwarf cactus with inedible fruits.
♦ Used in: Mexico - Dog breed developed in Mexico in the 1970s, also known as Mexican pit bull.
Examples of use in Spanish: "El perro pitbull chamuco, atigrado o diablo es una variante muy buscada por los amantes de esta raza de perro".
- (sacar el chamuco) Abandon a problem, a complex, a guilt.
Examples of use in Spanish: "¡saca tu chamuco y diviértete!".
- (El Chamuco y los hijos del Averno) Mexican humor and political satire magazine founded in 1996 by Eduardo del Río Rius.