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chueco

/ˈt͡ʃweko/

adjective/ˈt͡ʃweko/

crooked, bent, curved (not straight, having one or more bends or angles); crooked, oblique, (not at right angles, horizontal or vertical); hot, stolen; devious

Synonyms: combado, corvo, doblado, curvo, encorvado, gacho, torcido, zigzagueante

Antonyms: derecho, recto, bueno, legítimo, legal

From chueca (“stump of a tree”), itself from Basque txoko (“anklebone”), perhaps recalling curved, bent branches sprouting from it.

chueco — Spanish Dictionary | Passage