pachuca

¹

[puh-choo-kuh, pah-choo-kah]

noun

plural

pachucas 

1. a teenage girl who associates closely with pachucos.

Pachuca

²

[pah-choo-kah]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Hidalgo, in central Mexico: silver mines.

Pachuca

/ paˈtʃuka /

noun

1. a city in central Mexico, capital of Hidalgo state, in the Sierra Madre Oriental: silver mines; university (1961). Pop: 333 000 (2005 est)

Word History and Origins

Origin of pachuca¹

From Spanish (Mexico, southwestern U.S.), feminine of pachuco pachuco

Example Sentences

But they’ve played like another team in the Leagues Cup, emerging unbeaten from group play, where they faced three Liga MX teams, then eliminating Mexico’s Pachuca in the quarterfinals.

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With the terrible year they’ve had in MLS, expectations weren’t exactly high for the Galaxy ahead of their Leagues Cup quarterfinal match against Pachuca.

From Los Angeles Times

Liga MX-leading Pachuca entered the match as the favorite despite losing to Xolos de Tijuana at home last Saturday.

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The Galaxy opened the scoring in the 27th minute thanks to an own goal by Pachuca defender Daniel Aceves, who seemed to be struggling with ball control and spacing.

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In the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time, Pachuca found space to score a consolation goal.

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