cochinilla
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kot͡ʃiˈniʝa/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kot͡ʃiˈniʎa/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kot͡ʃiˈniʃa/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kot͡ʃiˈniʒa/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʒa]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: co‧chi‧ni‧lla
Etymology 1
Diminutive form of cochina, feminine form of cochino (“pig”), because of the animal's shape.
Noun
cochinilla f (plural cochinillas)
- pill bug (especially Armadillidium vulgare)
Derived terms
- cochinilla de humedad
Etymology 2
Uncertain; possibly based on Latin coccinus (“scarlet”), or related to the above etymology.
Noun
cochinilla f (plural cochinillas)
- cochineal (animal and dye)
- Synonym: grana
Derived terms
- nopal de cochinilla
Descendants
- → Italian: cocciniglia
- → Catalan: cotxinilla
Further reading
- “cochinilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014