guerko

Ladino

Alternative forms
  • uerko

Etymology

From Old Spanish huerco (“Hell; the Devil”), from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). Cognate with English ogre and orc.

Noun

guerko m

  1. the Devil
  • ande se arrapa el guerko (“where the devil shaves”)
  • el guerko ke se lo yeve (“may the devil take them”)
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