Glossary of New Mexican Spanish (1934) (part one)

Sat Mar 22 16:01:58 UTC 2003

It is more likely either a loan from Italian or an independent creation.
Italian has "quatrocchio" or "quattrocchio" as a popular expression for a person wearing spectacles. It is extensively used as a family name.
Jan Ivarsson

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> > cuatrojos (slang)...little boys who wear glasses
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> contraction of "cuatro ojos", literally "four eyes".  Independent coinage or
> translation of the English expression?
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