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ñoqui
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USAGE NOTE
This word is often used in the plural in the sense shown in 1).
el ñoqui
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (culinary)
a. gnocchi
¿Vas a pedir los ñoquis con salsa de espinacas o los espaguetis con salsa de tomate?Are you going to order the gnocchi with spinach sauce or the spaghetti with tomato sauce?
2. (colloquial) (blow) (River Plate)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. punch
Un hombre se acercó al otro y le dio un ñoqui que lo tumbó.One man went up to the other and gave him a punch that knocked him down.
3. (colloquial) (employee) (River Plate)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. ghost employee
¿Y José de qué vive? No va nunca a trabajar, ¿no? - No, es un ñoqui. En teoría, es funcionario, pero cobra por no hacer nada en absoluto.What does Jose live on? He never goes to work, does he? - No, he's one of those ghost employees. In theory, he's a civil servant, but he gets paid for doing nothing at all.
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