Cuacho

[Tomisimo]

I overheard a smidgen of a conversation where someone was talking disparagingly, from what I could gather, about something. They said está bien cuacho. That's pretty much all I heard, so I don't really have any more context. Any insight on this?

[CrOtALiTo]

The word Cuacho is only a idiom, or as you want to say that, it's a modismo, Mexico on.

[Tomisimo]

Yes, do you know what it means? Ya que una traducción puede ser difícil de hallar, podrías explicar qué significa o cómo se usa. Gracias por adelantado.

[Elaina]

Hmmmm....

Are you sure it was "cuacho"? Not "gacho"?

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by Elaina

Hmmmm....

Are you sure it was "cuacho"? Not "gacho"?

I actually thought of that, given the apparent similarity in meaning, but I'm pretty sure it was pronounced as cuacho.

[Elaina]

maybe they meant it as.....nothing sticks to this person (because of what the word means.......rubber)

In Puerto Rico they refer to a couch/love seat = el caucho

But I don't really believe that.....

I'll investigate it further with my contacts.....

[Tomisimo]

Thanks Elaina. I'm thinking some more about it, and searching the net and it might have been cuacha instead of cuacho. I found quite a few hits for cuacha as a slang word in some areas. Let me know if any of your contacts knows what it means.

[Elaina]

I've heard the word cuacha.... it's used to mean that someone/something isn't worth anything........

Él vale cuacha = He is worthless
Me vale cuacha = I don't care

[Tomisimo]

That must be it then. Worthless/stupid/dumb was the meaning I got from the context more or less, so I must have unwittingly changed the last letter of the word.

[CrOtALiTo]

Please, you let me have for you, I need to investigate what does Cuacho mean, currently I don't know with exactitude the mean of the word, but I can tell you that the word is used on my country for say, Tu estas cuacho, I mean, you are very lazy.