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Meaning of cayuco | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A sort of canoe or kayak.

Examples

“Officials like Mr. Mazzitelli, of the United Nations office in Dakar, say that while African immigrants are crossing thousands of miles of ocean in wooden or fiberglass cayucos, or fishing boats, crammed with 50 to 80 passengers, the South Asians are leaving West Africa in groups of at least 100, and in much bigger vessels, like the barely seaworthy Marine I.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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