Cocoliche.
A pidgin or language continuum formed from Italian and Spanish, spoken in parts of the River Plate region of South America between the late nineteenth century and the 1970s.
Meaning & usage
A pidgin or language continuum formed from Italian and Spanish, spoken in parts of the River Plate region of South America between the late nineteenth century and the 1970s.
Where this word comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cocoliche, named after Cocoliche, a fictional comedic character inspired by the broken Spanish of Calabrian immigrant Antonio Cuccolicchio during a stage improvisation.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.