What does «penco» mean in Spanish?
- Skinny, hungry horse; jamelgo, matalón. By extension applied to other similar animals.
Examples of use in Spanish: "era un penco, un caballo de desecho, haragán y de mal pelaje".
- Rustic, coarse.
- Dumb or useless person.
Examples of use in Spanish: "Irán tía Emilia y el penco de su marido- explicaba mamá. - ¿Qué es penco?- estuve a punto de preguntar, pero me tragué las palabras, porque mamá no era dada a explicaciones conflictivas", Queridos verdugos y otros relatos - Página 76, Gregorio Martínez Abajo - 2014
- Very skinny person, especially said of a woman who is very thin and physically unattractive.
♦ Used in: Cuba - Cowardly or despicable person.
♦ Used in: Cuba - Another common name for the maguey or pita plant.
♦ Used in: Ecuador - Large portion or quantity of something; abundance of things; something large (animal, person, or thing).
♦ Used in: Dominican Republic - Salvador - Of unsurpassed characteristics.
♦ Used in: Dominican Republic - Canary Islands, Prostitute.
♦ Used in: Spain - Stalk of certain plants.
- Andalusia, Of poor quality or poor workmanship; shabby, bad.
♦ Used in: Spain - Andalusia, Said of a person who worries about unimportant things.
♦ Used in: Spain - Slow horse, with little strength.
♦ Used in: Guatemala - Nicaragua - Dumb, stupid, useless.
♦ Used in: Guatemala - Honduras - Funny, but vulgar.
♦ Used in: Honduras - Rough, coarse, rustic, violent.
♦ Used in: Guatemala - Honduras - Peasant.
♦ Used in: Honduras - (pencos) Pants.
♦ Used in: Salvador - (penco blanco) Common name for the plant Agave fourcroydes, also known as henequen. A species of agave that forms a rosette up to 2.5 m in diameter that occasionally forms a trunk. The inflorescence with green-yellow flowers reaches 5 to 6 m in height.
- (penco blanco) Common name for the plant Furcraea cabuya, also known as cabuyo. It is used for the production of a very useful and resistant fiber.
♦ Used in: Ecuador - (penco negro) Maguey.
♦ Used in: Ecuador - (tirar o soltar el/un penco) Cocear or give a coz.