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cocaína

cocaine

noun koh-kah-EE-nah Less Common

Origin: From coca (Quechua kuka) + the chemical suffix -ína.

Usage Note

Cocaína is the standard term for the drug in both formal and colloquial Spanish, and is feminine — un kilo de cocaína, el tráfico de cocaína. The related noun cocainómano/cocainómana describes an addict.

Examples

"El tráfico de cocaína es ilegal."

Natural Translation

Cocaine trafficking is illegal.

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