patojo

From pato (“duck”), resembling a duck's manner of walking.

patojo (feminine patoja, masculine plural patojos, feminine plural patojas)

1. bow-legged
2. (by extension) limping; having difficulty when walking

patojo m (plural patojos, feminine patoja, feminine plural patojas)

1. bow-legged person
2. (by extension) a person having difficulty when walking; a limping person
3. (Central America) kid (child)

• “patojo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28