Spanish slang for gay men

(n.) marica/maricón = slang term for gay/‘faggot’ ‘Marica’ is a term that can be used alternatively to ‘queer’, but it’s close counterpart ‘maricón’ has mostly been used as an insult to refer specifically to gay men, with Google Translate still defining the word as ‘sissy’.

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