chueco

adj.

1 crooked, dishonest.

2 shady, false, ill-reputed.

m.

double-crosser, betrayer, snake in the grass.

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ADJ LAm

1) (=torcido) crooked, bent

un negocio chueco — a crooked deal *

2) (=patizambo) bandy-legged

3) And, Cono Sur (=patituerto) pigeon-toed

4) Méx (=manco) one-armed; (=con una sola pierna) one-legged

5) Méx (=de mala vida) loose-living; (=sospechoso) suspicious

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I

-ca adjetivo

1) (AmL) (torcido) crooked, askew

2) (Chi, Méx fam) (deshonesto) <persona> crooked (colloq); <escritura/documento> false; <elecciones> rigged

comprar/vender de chueco — (Méx fam) to buy/sell stolen goods

tiene un stereo comprado de chueco — he bought a stolen stereo

3)

a) (Méx, Ven fam) (cojo) lame

b) (RPl) (patizambo) knock-kneed

c) (Per) (patituerto) bow-legged

II

-ca masculino, femenino

1) (Chi, Méx fam) (deshonesto)

los chuecos son los políticos — it's the politicians who are crooked (colloq)

2) (Méx fam) (cojo) cripple (pej)

III

adverbio (AmL fam)

a) (torcido)

camina/escribe chueco — he can't walk/write straight

b) <jugar/pelear> dirty (colloq)

seguro que la consiguió chueco — I'm sure she came by it dishonestly (colloq)

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I

-ca adjetivo

1) (AmL) (torcido) crooked, askew

2) (Chi, Méx fam) (deshonesto) <persona> crooked (colloq); <escritura/documento> false; <elecciones> rigged

comprar/vender de chueco — (Méx fam) to buy/sell stolen goods

tiene un stereo comprado de chueco — he bought a stolen stereo

3)

a) (Méx, Ven fam) (cojo) lame

b) (RPl) (patizambo) knock-kneed

c) (Per) (patituerto) bow-legged

II

-ca masculino, femenino

1) (Chi, Méx fam) (deshonesto)

los chuecos son los políticos — it's the politicians who are crooked (colloq)

2) (Méx fam) (cojo) cripple (pej)

III

adverbio (AmL fam)

a) (torcido)

camina/escribe chueco — he can't walk/write straight

b) <jugar/pelear> dirty (colloq)

seguro que la consiguió chueco — I'm sure she came by it dishonestly (colloq)

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chueco¹ -ca

adjective

A (AmL) (torcido) crooked

este cuadro está chueco this picture's crooked o not straight

B (Chi, Méx fam)

1 (desleal, deshonesto) ‹persona› untrustworthy, crooked, bent (BrE sl)

2 (fam); ‹negocio› shady (colloq), crooked (colloq); ‹escritura/documento› false; ‹elecciones› rigged

comprar/vender de chueco (Méx fam); to buy/sell o (colloq) fence stolen goods

tiene un stereo comprado de chueco he bought his stereo from a fence (colloq), his stereo fell off the back of a lorry (BrE colloq)

C

1 (Méx, Ven fam) (cojo) lame

2 (RPl) (patizambo) knock-kneed

3 (Per) (patituerto) bow-legged, bandy-legged

chueco² -ca

masculine, feminine

A (Chi, Méx fam) (desleal, deshonesto) double-crosser

aquí los chuecos son los políticos all the politicians here are crooked (colloq)

eres una chueca, dijiste que participarías you're so unreliable, you told me you would take part

B (Méx fam) (cojo) cripple (pej)

chueco³

adverb

(AmL fam)

1

(torcido): camina/escribe chueco he can't walk/write straight

2 ‹jugar/pelear› dirty (colloq)

seguro que la consiguió chueco I'm sure she came by it dishonestly (colloq)

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chueco 1

◊ -ca adjetivo

1 (AmL) (torcido) crooked, askew
2 (Chi, Méx fam) (deshonesto) ‹persona› crooked (colloq);
‹documento› false;
‹elecciones› rigged
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Chi, Méx fam) (deshonesto):

◊ es un chueco he's crooked (colloq)

chueco 2 adverbio (AmL fam)

a) (torcido):

◊ camina/escribe chueco he can't walk/write straight

b) ‹jugar/pelear› dirty (colloq)

'chueco' also found in these entries:
English:
bow-legged
- cockeyed
- crooked
- lop

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chueco, -a

♦ adj

1. Am [torcido] twisted

2. Am [patizambo] bowlegged

3. Méx, Ven Fam [cojo] lame

♦ nm,f

1. Am [patizambo] bowlegged person;

ser un chueco to have bow legs

2. Méx, Ven Fam [cojo] lame person

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chueco

adj L.Am. (torcido) twisted

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chueco, -ca adj

1) : crooked, bent

2) Chile, Mex fam : dishonest, shady