sueco

Swedish

adjective SWEH-koh Less Common

Also means

Swedish (noun: person or language)

Usage Note

Sueco functions as adjective ('Swedish'), noun for a person (un sueco, a Swede), and noun for the language (hablar sueco). The idiom hacerse el sueco ('to play dumb, to pretend not to understand') is very widely used throughout the Spanish-speaking world and is unrelated to any stereotype of Swedes — its origin is uncertain.

Examples

"Mi vecino es sueco y habla varios idiomas."

Natural Translation

My neighbour is Swedish and speaks several languages.

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