bellaco

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beˈʝako/ [beˈʝa.ko]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /beˈʝako/ [beˈʝa.ko]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /beˈʎako/ [beˈʎa.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beˈʃako/ [beˈʃa.ko]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beˈʒako/ [beˈʒa.ko]

• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: be‧lla‧co

Noun

bellaco m (plural bellacos, feminine bellaca, feminine plural bellacas)

1. scoundrel, rascal
2. (Peru) plantain (banana)

   Synonym: llantén

   plátano bellaco ― bellaco plantain

   Vendemos plátano bellaco a bajo precio

   We sell plantain bananas at a low price

   Imparten nuevas técnicas de abono para cultivo de plátano bellaco

   New fertilizing techniques taught for growing plantain

3. (Puerto Rico, slang) one who is horny

   Synonyms: cachondo, calentón

Derived terms

• abellacar
• bellaquería
• mentir como un bellaco

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: bilyako
• → Italian: vigliacco
• → Piedmontese: viliach
• → Portuguese: velhaco
  • → Kabuverdianu: bidjáku

Further reading

• “bellaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10