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[2] [3] [4] Other terms referring to male members of the subculture may include vato and vato loco. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Cholo was first reclaimed by Chicano youth in the 1960s and emerged as a popular identification in the late 1970s.
This species is native to the coasts of Chile and Peru, where it is called loco (a Chilean Spanish loanword from Mapudungun [2]), pata de burro, tolina, or chanque (Peruvian Spanish). Due to overfishing, the harvesting of this species in Chile has been limited by law since 1989.
Cholo (Spanish pronunciation:) is a loosely defined Spanish term that has had various meanings. Its origin is a somewhat derogatory term for people of mixed-blood heritage in the Spanish Empire in Latin America and its successor states as part of castas, the informal ranking of society by heritage.
A term ubiquitously used in old times to avoid the strong word "maricón". It was the official word used by the regime of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in Spain, and sometimes still used in Cuba. joto (see below) loca (lit.: "crazy woman")—used in Puerto Rico and Cuba (where "loquita" and "loquísima" are commonly used as well). Although ...
The Whigs quickly seized upon the name, applying an alternate derivation of Loco Foco, from the combination of the Spanish word loco, meaning mad or crack-brained, and foco, from "focus" or fuego meaning "fire". [12] Their meaning then was that the faction and later the entire Democratic party, was the "focus of folly". [13]
Loco (Gobots), in the Gobots toy line Loco, a grasshopper in the 1998 animated film A Bug's Life; Loco, in the spaghetti western film The Great Silence (1968), portrayed by Klaus Kinski
El Pollo Loco (Spanish for "The Crazy Chicken") is the name of three independent restaurant chains that specialize in Mexican-style grilled chicken.The Mexican and American companies were founded by Juan Francisco Ochoa [1] while the Filipino company began as a franchisee of the American company in 1991 that later broke free of its contract and was allowed to retain its trademarks within the ...
Lope de Aguirre (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlope ðe aˈɣire]; 8 November 1510 – 27 October 1561) was a Basque Spanish [1] conquistador who was active in South America. . Nicknamed El Loco ("the Madman"), he styled himself "Wrat