cuchumil
Spanish
Etymology
The first element is likely nonsensical; the second one is derived from mil (“thousand”). Compare with chorromil, quinimil
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kut͡ʃuˈmil/ [ku.t͡ʃuˈmil]
- Rhymes: -il
- Syllabification: cu‧chu‧mil
Noun
cuchumil m (plural cuchumiles)
- (slang, Dominican Republic, Peru) gazillion
Further reading
- “cuchumil”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010