Suco or zuco

English translation: poor

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Spanish term or phrase:Suco
English translation:poor
Entered by: Taña Dalglish

18:56 Nov 13, 2022
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: Suco or zuco
This is Salvadoran Spanish.

Someone is in jail and says, "vos quereis que me salga suco/zuco a la calle, y que me hagan algo."

Is it "suco" or "zuco," and what does it mean? Poor?
Lucinda Aragon
Local time: 10:31
suco > poor
Explanation:
Seems that your guess of "poor" is correct.

https://tureng.com/en/spanish-english/zuco
blonde in Ecuador


https://tureng.com/en/spanish-english/suco
"Suco" in Mexico is "disused" meaning poor. It says nothing about its use in El Salvador.

Category Spanish English
1 General suco [m] juice
2 General suco [m] fluid
3 General suco [m] EC blond https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/art-literary/3...
4 General suco [m] rur. rare sap
5 General suco [adj] EC blonde
6 Colloquial suco [adj] MX:Se disused poor
7 Marine Biology suco [m] PE peruvian banded croaker (paralonchurus peruanus)


Diccionario de americanismos
suco. https://www.asale.org/damer/suco
I. 1. Pe. coco, pez.
suco, -a.
I. 1. ***adj. Mx:SE. p.u. Referido a persona, pobre, que carece de dinero. pop.***
II. 1. adj. Ec. Referido a persona, de pelo rubio. pop + cult → espon.


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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 12:31
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Thank you so much for your help. This is excellent information.
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Summary of answers provided
3Muddy/blond
Alina Ionas
1 +2suco > poor
Taña Dalglish


  

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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Muddy/blond


Explanation:
I think it really depends on the context here, as well as on the person they're referring to. There are many variants, as you can see below:

https://www.asale.org/damer/suco
https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=suc...
https://es.thefreedictionary.com/suco

Alina Ionas
Spain
Local time: 19:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Romanian
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
suco or zuco
suco > poor


Explanation:
Seems that your guess of "poor" is correct.

https://tureng.com/en/spanish-english/zuco
blonde in Ecuador


https://tureng.com/en/spanish-english/suco
"Suco" in Mexico is "disused" meaning poor. It says nothing about its use in El Salvador.

Category Spanish English
1 General suco [m] juice
2 General suco [m] fluid
3 General suco [m] EC blond https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/art-literary/3...
4 General suco [m] rur. rare sap
5 General suco [adj] EC blonde
6 Colloquial suco [adj] MX:Se disused poor
7 Marine Biology suco [m] PE peruvian banded croaker (paralonchurus peruanus)


Diccionario de americanismos
suco. https://www.asale.org/damer/suco
I. 1. Pe. coco, pez.
suco, -a.
I. 1. ***adj. Mx:SE. p.u. Referido a persona, pobre, que carece de dinero. pop.***
II. 1. adj. Ec. Referido a persona, de pelo rubio. pop + cult → espon.


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Note added at 9 days (2022-11-23 17:27:26 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 12:31
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you so much for your help. This is excellent information.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Silvana Cecotto: parece ser... igual suena rarisimo, no?
1 hr
  -> Absolutamente. Gracias Silvana.

agree  María M. Hernández S.
13 hrs
  -> Gracias María.
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