cachila
Spanish
![](Images/wiktionary/Donacospiza_albifrons_-Rocha%252C_Uruguay-8.jpg.webp)
Donacospiza albifrons
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Donacospiza albifrons
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃila/ [kaˈt͡ʃi.la]
- Rhymes: -ila
- Syllabification: ca‧chi‧la
Noun
cachila f (plural cachilas)
- (Argentina and Uruguay) a small bird (possibly the long-tailed reed finch, Donacospiza albifrons), of brown color with dark streaks and yellowish throat and belly, of terrestrial habits, and that performs acrobatic flights in time of mating
- (Uruguay) an antique car, especially a veteran car from the early decades of the 1900s
- (Uruguay) a car that is old and broken down from use
References
Donacospiza albifrons on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Further reading
- “cachila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014