What does «tunco» mean in Spanish?
- Maimed of some limb, or that it has lost its use; crippled.
♦ Used in: Guatemala - Honduras - Mexico
Examples of use in Spanish: "era un hombre tunco".
- Short, incomplete, truncated.
Examples of use in Spanish: "me regalaron un perro tunco de la cola".
- Pork, pig, hog.
♦ Used in: Honduras - Mexico
Examples of use in Spanish: "un buen tunco para hacer tocino".
"Es una granja exclusivamente de tuncos".
"Tamales de tunco arrete" (tamales de carne de cerdo).
- Small machete.
♦ Used in: Salvador
Examples of use in Spanish: "Necesito mi tunco para partir este coco".
- (anda a ver si ya puso la tunca) An ingenious way of throwing someone out because they are annoying or say incoherent things.
Examples of use in Spanish: "Josecito, anda a ver si ya puso la tunca, y deja ya de hablar pavadas".
- (donde la tunca tuerce el rabo) expr. To reach a complicated point, with no return or where there is no way out.