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noun, masculine

terruco

/teˈruko/

noun, masculine/teˈruko/plural: terrucos

terrorist, specifically members of the far-left groups Shining Path and the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), as well as the Peruvian far right, especially in the context of the internal conflict in Peru; leftist

Synonyms: izquierdista

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrōrembor. Spanish terror Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-