pucho

m.

1 cigarette butt. (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish , Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), River Plate)

2 cigar butt, cigarette butt.

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SM

1) Cono Sur (=colilla) [de cigarrillo] fag end **, dog end **; [de puro] cigar stub

2) LAm (=cigarrillo) fag **

3) LAm (=resto) [gen] scrap, left-over(s) pl ; [de bebida] dregs pl ; [de tela] remnant; (Econ) coppers pl , small change

4) LAm (=nimiedad) trifle, mere nothing

a puchos — in dribs and drabs

5) And, Cono Sur (=hijo) youngest child

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masculino (AmL fam)

a) (cigarrillo - de tabaco) smoke (colloq), fag (BrE colloq); (- de marihuana) joint (colloq)

b) (resto - de cigarrillo) butt, fag end (BrE colloq); (- de comida) scrap; (- de bebida) drop

a puchos — (AmL fam) bit by bit (colloq), a little at a time (colloq)

se tomó la sopa a puchos — he sipped his soup

no valer un pucho — (Chi fam) to be completely worthless

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masculino (AmL fam)

a) (cigarrillo - de tabaco) smoke (colloq), fag (BrE colloq); (- de marihuana) joint (colloq)

b) (resto - de cigarrillo) butt, fag end (BrE colloq); (- de comida) scrap; (- de bebida) drop

a puchos — (AmL fam) bit by bit (colloq), a little at a time (colloq)

se tomó la sopa a puchos — he sipped his soup

no valer un pucho — (Chi fam) to be completely worthless

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pucho

masculine

(AmS fam)

1 (cigarrillo — de tabaco) smoke (colloq), cigarrette, fag (BrE colloq); (— de marihuana) joint (colloq)

2 (resto — de cigarrillo) butt, fag end (BrE colloq); (— de comida) scrap; (— de bebida) drop

queda un puchito de sopa there's a drop of soup left

a puchos (AmL fam); bit by bit (colloq), a little at a time (colloq)

me está pagando a puchos he's paying me bit by bit o a little at a time

se tomó la sopa a puchos he sipped his soup

botarse a pucho (Chi fam); to be sassy (AmE colloq), to be cheeky (BrE colloq)

me/le importa un pucho (Chi fam); I/he couldn't care less (colloq) I/he couldn't give a damn (colloq)

no valer un pucho (Chi fam); to be completely worthless

sobre el pucho la escupida (RPl fam); right away

tomó la decisión sobre el pucho he made his decision right away o there and then

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pucho sustantivo masculino (AmS fam)

a) (cigarrillo — de tabaco) smoke (colloq), fag (BrE colloq);

(— de marihuana) joint (colloq)

b) (resto — de cigarrillo) butt, fag end (BrE colloq);

(— de comida) scrap;
(— de bebida) drop
'pucho' also found in these entries:
English:
stub

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pucho Fam

♦ nm

1. Andes, RP [cigarrillo] cigarette, Br fag

2. Andes, RP [colilla] cigarette butt

3. Chile, Ecuad [hijo menor] youngest child

4. Comp

RP

sobre el pucho in the nick of time

♦ de a puchos Andes, RP loc adv

bit by bit;

fue comiendo de a puchos hasta terminar el plato she went on taking tiny mouthfuls until the plate was empty;

está pagando la deuda, pero de a puchos she is paying off the debt, but only bit by bit o in dribs and drabs

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pucho

m S.Am. pop

cigarette butt, Br

fag end fam ;

no valer un pucho be completely worthless

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pucho nm

1) : waste, residue

2) : cigarette butt

3)

a puchos : little by little, bit by bit