cochino
See also: cochíno
Spanish
Etymology
From cocho, from coch, used to call pigs. Compare French cochon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈt͡ʃino/ [koˈt͡ʃi.no]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: co‧chi‧no
Noun
cochino m (plural cochinos)
Derived terms
- bahía de Cochinos
- cochinada
- cochinillo (diminutive)
- cochinito (diminutive)
- cochino de monte
Descendants
Adjective
cochino (feminine cochina, masculine plural cochinos, feminine plural cochinas)
- dirty (as in an action done by a child like eating with dirty hands)
Further reading
- “cochino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024