- Sudaca
Sudaca is a Spanish colloquial term used to denote people from
South America particularly those withAmerindian racial features. It is believed to have originated during the popularMovida madrileña in the 1980s, more as a descriptive than offensive term as described byFrancisco Umbral in his cheli slang dictionary . (1983), Diccionario cheli, Grijalbo, Barcelona.] With the increased immigration to Spain from these countries which followed over the 1990s and 2000s, it has become a racial slur. Likewise, the word may also mean, "a sweating person" as derived from the spanish verb sudarEtymology
The voice is an ethnic label that comes either from the Spanish "SUDAmeriCAno" (South American) or that word with a suffix "-aco"" [http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltGUIBusUsual?TIPO_HTML=2&TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=sudaca sudaca] " at the
Diccionario de la Real Academia Española .] .Use
This
racial slur voice is used mainly inSpain when the intention is to refer disrespectfully toLatin American immigrants, particularly those withAmerindian racial features and thus used in a pejorative manner as well.Its use is regarded as highly offensive in most social contexts.
The word may also be used in a colloquial way and related to other words with similar morphology such as: camareta, negrata or negraca, tocata, segurata, sobrata, bocata, mensaca, etc.
Art
* 'Maldito Sudaca' is a song by
Chilean bandLos Prisioneros .
* 'Sudaca Power' is a band.
*Che Sudaka , a music act.References
External links
* [http://wais.stanford.edu/Language/language_ethniclabelssudaca12101.html Spanish Ethnic Labels: "Sudaca"]
* [http://www.chesudaka.com/english/ Official homepage of "Che Sudaka"]
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