Tuco is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tuco meaning
A tomato-based pasta sauce, similar to a ragout or bolognese, traditionally consumed in South America.
Using Tuco
- The main meaning on this page is: A tomato-based pasta sauce, similar to a ragout or bolognese, traditionally consumed in South America.
- In the example corpus, tuco often appears in combinations such as: tuco and, and tuco, tuco is.
Context around Tuco
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tuco
- In this selection, "tuco" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, earn, turns, turn, end, salamanca and eventually stand out and add context to how "tuco" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include again saving tuco from execution and again turning tuco in collecting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tuco" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tuco
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A drunken Union officer who befriends Tuco and Blondie. (9 words)
Tuco eventually met his end after a shootout against Hank. (10 words)
The police found the bodies, and the DNA led them to Tuco. (12 words)
The banter between Tuco and The Man With No Name, the -inspired action set-pieces, and the smirking fourth-wall breaks all make The Good, The Bad & The Ugly feel far shorter than its almost three-hour runtime. (38 words)
Tuco is one of Walt's earliest partners as he and Jesse (Aaron Paul) became involved in creating meth, after the pair earn Tuco's respect through Walt's risky show of power. (33 words)
Later they provide a taste to Tuco Salamanca (Raymond Cruz), who repeats his “Tight, tight, tight!” exclamation from the show—and demands Jesse and Walter make PopCorners in seven varieties, not six. (32 words)
This included when Walt and Jesse first made their product, Walt asked his business partner to say his name, and Tuco’s “Tight! (23 words)
Example sentences (20)
Tuco is one of Walt's earliest partners as he and Jesse (Aaron Paul) became involved in creating meth, after the pair earn Tuco's respect through Walt's risky show of power.
Angel Eyes turns Tuco over to Wallace so that he can turn Tuco in for the reward money.
Then they repeat the process, with Blondie again turning Tuco in, collecting more reward-money, and again saving Tuco from execution.
And from their desperate need to replace Tuco, 's most iconic villain was created.
Ed leans less toward the Tuco () end of the spectrum and more toward the Gus end.
Later they provide a taste to Tuco Salamanca (Raymond Cruz), who repeats his “Tight, tight, tight!” exclamation from the show—and demands Jesse and Walter make PopCorners in seven varieties, not six.
The banter between Tuco and The Man With No Name, the -inspired action set-pieces, and the smirking fourth-wall breaks all make The Good, The Bad & The Ugly feel far shorter than its almost three-hour runtime.
The scene sees Tuco and Blondie blowing up a bridge that leads to where they believe the gold lies.
This included when Walt and Jesse first made their product, Walt asked his business partner to say his name, and Tuco’s “Tight!
Tuco eventually met his end after a shootout against Hank.
Officers proceed to cuff Ryans while he is laying police down as Tuco remains latched to his leg.
The police found the bodies, and the DNA led them to Tuco.
This makes Tuco a walking time bomb and a danger to anyone he's close to, ally or enemy.
Tuco is seen clamping its jaws around Ryans' leg as he screams in pain.
According to Vincenzoni and Eli Wallach, the film would have been set 20 years after the original, and would have followed Tuco pursuing Blondie's grandson for the gold.
Additional footage of the sequence where Tuco is tortured by Angel Eyes's henchman was discovered.
A drunken Union officer who befriends Tuco and Blondie.
After the bridge explodes, the armies disperse, and Tuco steals a horse and rides to Sad Hill to claim the gold for himself.
Also, in the documentary "Reconstructing The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", what looks to be footage of Tuco lighting cannons before the Ecstasy of Gold sequence appears briefly.
Angel Eyes forms a fleeting partnership with Blondie, but Tuco and Blondie turn on Angel Eyes when they get their chance.
Common combinations with tuco
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tuco and 5×
- and tuco 5×
- tuco is 4×
- tuco in 3×
- as tuco 3×
- of tuco 3×
- to tuco 2×
- by tuco 2×
- bandit tuco 2×