cuchara
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈt͡ʃaɾa/ [kuˈt͡ʃa.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -aɾa
- Syllabification: cu‧cha‧ra
Etymology 1
From cuchar, from Latin cochleārium (with an unusual development of /-kl-/), from cochlea. Compare Portuguese colher, Catalan cullera, French cuillère, Italian cucchiaio, Sicilian cucchiara.
Noun
cuchara f (plural cucharas)
- spoon
- (Guatemala, Venezuela, colloquial) cunt
- Synonym: concha
Derived terms
- comerás con la cuchara que escojas
- cuchara de sopa
- cuchara común
- meter la cuchara; meter cuchara
- teoría de las cucharas
Related terms
(diminutive cucharilla or cucharita) (augmentative cucharón)
- cucharada
- cóclea
Descendants
- → Bikol Central: kutsara
- → Tagalog: kutsara
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cuchara
- first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cuchar
Further reading
- “cuchara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014