What does «cuyabro» mean in Spanish?
- A nickname or nickname, originally pejorative, used by their neighbors Calarqueños (from Calarcá) to refer to those born in Armenia (capital of the department of Quindío in Colombia). For their part, the Armenians used to derogatorily call the Calarqueños "charrascaleños".
♦ Used in: Colombia
Examples of use in Spanish: "soy cuyabro raizal".
"Durante muchos años ese fue un epíteto ofensivo, que causó muchas otras peleas. Por ejemplo, las familias no querían que sus mujeres, sus hijas, se casaran con cuyabros", cronicadelquindio.com.
- Creeping shrub of the cucurbitaceae family. Its fruit is a gourd that, dried, is used as a container. Also known as tarralí. Scientific name: Lagenaria siceraria.
Examples of use in Spanish: "una granja de cuyabras".
- (cuyabro/a raizal) Born in Armenia in Quindío (Colombia); Armenian.