cuchilla
Spanish
Etymology
From cuchillo, inherited from Latin cultellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kuˈt͡ʃiʝa/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kuˈt͡ʃiʎa/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kuˈt͡ʃiʃa/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kuˈt͡ʃiʒa/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.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‧chi‧lla
Noun
cuchilla f (plural cuchillas)
- knife
- cleaver
- blade of a sword
- hogback
- gore (of a road)
- razor blade
Related terms
- cuchillo
Further reading
- “cuchilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014