suavo

English

Etymology

Spanish suavo

Noun

suavo (plural suavos)

1. (slang) A smooth or cool male.
   • 1989 January 16, David Denby, “Washed Up”, in New York Magazine, volume 22, number 3, page 60:

     He does a hang-jawed-cretin routine, and, in the best sequence, he imitates Caine's suavo act, caressing a flower, pouring a glass of champagne and holding it up to the moon.

   • 1995, Helen Barnes, The Crypt Orchid, page 152:

     He was chatting to some suavo-deluxe guy in sunnies and a baggy suit.

   • 2005 -, Sharon Rose Anderson, Jangala: A Wild Place in the Heart, →ISBN, page 51:

     "I do!" the suavo said eagerly, extending his hand. “I'm Mel. It wasn't. . .”

   • 2007, Alexander Theroux, Laura Warholic, Or, The Sexual Intellectual: A Novel, page 721:

     ... rock musicians, colorful literary failures, pale headbangers, suavo archetypes with bandannas tied around their biceps, and starting way back in high school long dreamt of having affairs with long-haired guys named Scorch or Trevor or Rick who, even if they smelled unappealingly of cigarettes and booze, were part of the rebellious, 'zine-reading Dial B for Bum-in-Hand youth of today.

   • 2011, Marc Eliot, Steve McQueen: A Biography, →ISBN:

     Seemingly out of nowhere comes Carla Vesari (Gina Lollobrigida), kept in splendor by older Eurotrash suavo Nikko Regas (Paul Henreid), wealthy, sophisticated, wise, and ultimately unable to keep her from the lecherous advances of Reynolds.

   • 2013, Tony Kelbrat, The “People Power” Women’s Guide, →ISBN:

     Some will go along with him for the ride but most girls are jaded and world weary enough to know that a good looking, suavo kind of guy is generally not monogamous enough to love them for them and regularly put meat on the table if they were to get involved and have kids.

Spanish

Noun

suavo m (plural suavos)

1. a smooth or cool male