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In 1571, Fray Alonso de Molina, in his Nahuatl vocabulary (Vocabulario en Lengua Castellana y Mexicana Y Mexicana y Castellana), defined the word xolo as slave, servant, or waiter. The Porrúa Dictionary defines cholo, as used in the Americas, as a civilized Native American or a half-breed or mestizo of a European father and Native American ...
This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Sicilian Mafia and Italian American Mafia. administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere. [1] associate: one who works with mobsters, but has not been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy ...
Naco (fem. naca) is a pejorative word often used in Mexican Spanish that may be translated into English as "low-class", "uncultured", "vulgar" or "uncivilized ". [1] A naco (Spanish: ⓘ) is usually associated with lower socio-economic classes. Although, it is used across all socioeconomic classes, when associated with middle - upper income ...
Cholo is a word from the Barlovento Islas [later known as Windward Islands]; it means dog, not of the purebred variety, but of very disreputable origin; and the Spaniards use it for insult and vituperation". [4] Interestingly, the Mexican hairless dog is known as "xoloitzcuintli" or "xolo" in Nahuatl.
Narcoculture in Mexico is a subculture that has grown as a result of the strong presence of the various drug cartels throughout Mexico. In the same way that other subcultures around the world that are related to crime and drug use (for example the Scottish neds [1] [2] and European hooligans, [3] [4] [5] or the American street-gangstas, cholos, and outlaw bikers), [6] Mexican narco culture has ...
Chicano gangster; b. a Southwest: a lower-class Mexican or person of Mexican ancestry (Mexico) Gangster (Latin America) Peruvian person (Peru & Bolivia) a Quechua Indian who moves to the city. Can also mean stupid or naive; not always a pejorative term, unless used in an offensive manner. (Southern Cone) an Indian. [12] Chon
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help. Pages in category "Mexican slang" The following 12 pages are in this ...
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