cucho

Galician

cuxo

cuxo

Alternative forms

• cuxo

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkut͡ʃʊ]

Noun

cucho m (plural cuchos, feminine cucha, feminine plural cuchas)

1. calf

   Synonyms: becerro, pucho, xato

References

• “cucho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cucho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cucho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkut͡ʃo/ [ˈku.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -utʃo
• Syllabification: cu‧cho

Etymology 1

Of imitative origin.

Interjection

cucho

1. (Chile) Sound used to call a cat

Noun

cucho m (plural cuchos, feminine cucha, feminine plural cuchas)

1. (Chile) cat

Etymology 2

Noun

cucho m (plural cuchos, feminine cucha, feminine plural cuchas)

1. (Colombia) old person

   Synonym: viejo

2. (Mexico, colloquial) person with a cleft lip

Adjective

cucho (feminine cucha, masculine plural cuchos, feminine plural cuchas)

1. (Colombia) old (having lived for many years)

   Synonym: viejo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cucho

1. first-person singular present indicative of cuchar

Further reading

• “cucho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014