yonqui

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English junkie.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈʝonki/ [ˈɟ͡ʝõŋ.ki] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃonki/ [ˈʃõŋ.ki] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʒonki/ [ˈʒõŋ.ki] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -onki
  • Syllabification: yon‧qui

Noun

yonqui m or f by sense (plural yonquis)

  1. (colloquial) junkie, drug addict
    Synonym: drogadicto

Further reading

  • “yonqui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “yonqui”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
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