Etymology

rastaquouère

Today it means: A social upstart, especially from a Mediterranean or Latin American country; a smooth untrustworthy foreigner. Full definition →

French rastaquouère ← Spanish rastacuero
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromrastacuero
  2. French · borrowed fromrastaquouère
  3. English todayrastaquouère

Borrowed from French rastaquouère, from South American Spanish rastacuero.

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