penca

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penca

feminine noun

1fleshy leaf (de cactus)

penca [pen’-cah]

noun

1Pricking leaf of a cactus or other similar plant (hoja). (f)

2A leather strap with which convicts were whipped by the hangman. (f)

3Penca de hombre, a fine looking man. (Andes) (f)

4to get drunk. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)

penca

sustantivo:femenino

1 (Botánica) (hoja) leaf; (nervio) main rib; (chumbera) prickly pear

2 (México) [de cuchillo] blade

agarrar una penca (Latinoamérica) (familiar) to get sloshed; (familiar)

hacerse de pencas to have to be coaxed into doing something

4 (And)

una penca de casa a great big house; una penca de hombre a fine-looking man; una penca de mujer a fine-looking woman

5 (Latinoamérica) (vulgar) (pene) prick; (vulgar)

Paid English to Spanish translation

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hearty laughter, raucous laughter, guffaw