pucho
Spanish, noun
pucho is spelled P-U-C-H-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pucho is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “butt (used cigarette)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of puchar. With an accent, puchó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of puchar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Colilla de un cigarrillo”.
What does pucho mean in English?
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculinebutt (used cigarette)
- 2
colloquialmasculinecigarette
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of puchar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of puchar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Colilla de un cigarrillo. 2. Por extensión, el cigarrillo mismo. 3. Cigarrillo de marihuana. 4. Pequeña cantidad restante de alguna cosa.
adjective: 1. Dicho de alguien: Con poco que ofrecer o aportar de utilidad.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pucho
- puchos plural
- pucha feminine
- puchas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is pucho in Spanish?
pucho appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).