cinco de yuca

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “five of cassava”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌθinko de ˈʝuka/ [ˌθĩŋ.ko ð̞e ˈʝu.ka] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
IPA^(key): /ˌsinko de ˈʝuka/ [ˌsĩŋ.ko ð̞e ˈʝu.ka] (most of Latin America, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /ˌsinko de ˈʃuka/ [ˌsĩŋ.ko ð̞e ˈʃu.ka] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /ˌsinko de ˈʒuka/ [ˌsĩŋ.ko ð̞e ˈʒu.ka] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: cin‧co de yu‧ca

Noun

cinco de yuca m or f by sense (plural cincos de yuca)

(colloquial, El Salvador) a petty thing or person

Further reading

“cinco”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010