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Pachuco [pəˈtʃuːkəʊ] n pl -cos
(Sociology) US a young Mexican living in the US, esp one of low social status who belongs to a street gang [from Mexican Spanish] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Cholos En la segunda mitad de la decada de los setenta aparece en la ciudad de Los Angeles el movimiento cholo, compuesto basicamente por jovenes mexicanos o hijos de mexicanos, que fueron los herederos de los pachucos en muchos sentidos (uso de tatuajes, consumo ritualizado de sustancias prohibidas, elaboracion de murales o grafitis, reproduccion de formas peculiares de identificacion en el vestir y en el hablar, etc. Fraser said the two victories over Mexico's Bolanos, as well as rumors Aragon was not of Mexican ancestry, but rather Italian or Spanish, made it so Aragon was more popular with the street-savvy Mexican Americans of the day known as pachucos. In a 1958 essay he admires the 1940's pachucos of his native El Paso for their style: "[They] walked cool, long graceful bad strides rhythmic as hell, hands deep into pockets, shoulders hunched. |
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