Zoquete comes from the Nahuatl soqui, in paleographic version; zoqui, in standard spelling, meaning "mud, grime, mud", while zoquiacqui means "to get stuck or get into a quagmire, into a jam". In Chile we say get into a sock for getting into trouble, or serious problems and we think it is getting into a small sock, when in reality it is getting into a quagmire.