cucharilla
Spanish
Etymology
From cuchara + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kut͡ʃaˈɾiʝa/ [ku.t͡ʃaˈɾi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kut͡ʃaˈɾiʎa/ [ku.t͡ʃaˈɾi.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kut͡ʃaˈɾiʃa/ [ku.t͡ʃaˈɾi.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kut͡ʃaˈɾiʒa/ [ku.t͡ʃaˈɾi.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: cu‧cha‧ri‧lla
Noun
cucharilla f (plural cucharillas)
- Diminutive of cuchara
- Synonym: cucharita
- teaspoon
- Synonym: cucharita
Usage notes
- The noun cucharilla refers to the teaspoon itself; to refer to its contents, or to the amount that it can contain, the noun cucharadita is used instead.
Further reading
- “cucharilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014