cacafuego

noun — 2 senses

cacafuego

noun

Etymology From Spanish. From the nickname of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, meaning "fire-shitter". See caca, fuego.

1

A spitfire.

2

Broadly A braggart.

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