tunco
Spanish, noun/ˈtunko/
tunco is spelled T-U-N-C-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 195,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tunco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cerdo de más de 4 meses”.
What does tunco mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinepig
Dale de comer a los tuncos.
- 2
colloquialmasculinefat person
Dile al tunco de tu jefe que te dé vacación.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cerdo de más de 4 meses.
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 tunco
- tuncos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tunco?
- /ˈtunko/
- [ˈt̪ũŋ.ko]
- [ˈt̪ũŋko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tunco in Spanish?
tunco appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).