Ruca

[Gala]

Well, each chapter features a dialog that is supposed to be set in a particular place. The first was LA, but the next is Chile (Santiago), then Miami, then Spain, and so on. On the front it says "The Practical Guide to Contemporary Slang & Colloquial Expressions Across the Spanish-Speaking World."

But as I said, even though I was hoping for something more generally colloquial, my main issue with this is that they actually were in error. They claim that that meaning of "ruca" is "the" meaning throughout a huge swath of Latin America.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Well, as I said, some younger people tend to use that term this way, so your book might be "too" updated, but it's still not a generalized use (fortunately, may I add).

[pinosilano]

Poco tiene que ver con el desarrollo de la conversación, pero esta es una ruca:
►http://wenchuman.com/blog/wp-content...ca-mapuche.jpg

[Qazsdec]

Hi im from peru, and "ruca" (at least in southamerica) means whore...

[Gala]

Qazsdec: I came across that meaning when I was googling it, but from the hits I got, it seems to mean that only in Peru.

pinosilano: I also came across that meaning (Mapuche huts) on Wikipedia. I don't think there's a connection....ruca doesn't seem to be used in any of the regions w/ Mapuche influence in any of the "other" ways that have come up in this thread.

[pinosilano]

Originally Posted by Gala

Qazsdec: I came across that meaning when I was googling it, but from the hits I got, it seems to mean that only in Peru.

pinosilano: I also came across that meaning (Mapuche huts) on Wikipedia. I don't think there's a connection....ruca doesn't seem to be used in any of the regions w/ Mapuche influence in any of the "other" ways that have come up in this thread.

Jamás he escuchado o leído 'ruca = prostituta'.
Hay quien ha relacionado la 'ruca' mapudungún con una mujer que nunca sale de su ruca, por lo que aparece muy desarreglada. Reconozco que es muy forzada esta relación.
Sin embargo la voz quechua 'rukhu' significa viejo, malandado, decrépito.