Talk:El Cuco

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Se llama el coco con~o

Eso depende del lugar. Por ejemplo, aquí en Puerto Rico le llamamos el cuco. Y por casualidad: ñ = alt + 164 ~Alguien

Coco- Del port. côco, fantasma que lleva una calabaza vacía, a modo de cabeza. m. Fantasma que se figura para meter miedo a los niños.(Diccionario de la Real Academia Española).

[edit] Physical description

There have been some vague descriptions of the cuco. He sometimes depicted as an eerie cloked figure, as seen in a painting by Francisco de Goya.Where I am from, He is described as a shadowy human figure with glistening sharp teeth and a piercing stare. The latter description is most likely a racist caricture of blacks, much like the Filipino capre