ruca

A woman, a girlfriend, sometimes an old lady. In older Chicano and caló speech it can mean your girl; from the outside it can sound rough.

In simple English: A woman, or someone’s girlfriend.

• He showed up with his ruca and two kids.

• Don’t talk about his ruca like that.

In-group California Mexican and Chicano speech. Understand it first. Repeating it if it is not your language can sound like you are playing dress-up — or picking a fight. Using it of a woman you do not know is disrespectful.

Track

Spanish & Chicano

Region

Statewide

Part of speech

noun

• ruco
• jaina
• morra
• vato