cuchillo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cuchiello, from Latin cultellus, a diminutive of culter. Cognate with English cutlery. Compare English cutlass also.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kuˈt͡ʃiʝo/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kuˈt͡ʃiʎo/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kuˈt͡ʃiʃo/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kuˈt͡ʃiʒo/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
 

  • Syllabification: cu‧chi‧llo

Noun

cuchillo m (plural cuchillos)

  1. knife
    Synonyms: estilete, daga, faca, navaja, puñal
    Coordinate terms: cuchara, tenedor
  2. blade of knife
    Synonym: hoja

Hyponyms

  • cuchillo de armadura
  • cuchillo de carne (“steak knife”) (Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Honduras, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela)
  • cuchillo de cocina (“kitchen knife”)
  • cuchillo de mondar (“paring knife”) (used in parts of Mexico, Spain, Argentina and Uruguay)
  • cuchillo de monte
  • cuchillo de pelar (“paring knife”), cuchillo para pelar (“paring knife”)
  • cuchillo para carne (“steak knife”) (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay, Mexico)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: kutsilyo
  • → Ivatan: kuchiliu
  • → Mapudungun: kucijo
  • → Mecayapan Nahuatl: cochi̱loj
  • → Oluta Popoluca: cuchi̱nu
  • → San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: cochiyó
  • → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cutsilu
  • → Southeastern Tepehuan: kuxiir
  • → Tagalog: kutsilyo
  • → Zoogocho Zapotec: cwšiyw

Further reading

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