cucharilla
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kut͡ʃaˈɾiʝa/ [ku.t͡ʃaˈɾi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /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]
- Syllabification: cu‧cha‧ri‧lla
Noun
editcucharilla f (plural cucharillas)
- diminutive of cuchara
- Synonym: cucharita
- teaspoon
- Synonym: cucharita
- great desert spoon (Dasylirion acrotrichum)
- Andean firebush (Oreocallis grandiflora)
- mud plantain (Heteranthera)
Usage notes
edit- 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
edit- “cucharilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Categories:
- Spanish terms suffixed with -illa
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iʝa
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʝa/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʎa
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʎa/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʃa
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʃa/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʒa
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʒa/4 syllables
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- es:Asparagus family plants
- es:Proteales order plants
- es:Alismatales order plants