cuclillo

Spanish

cuclillo

Etymology

From cuquillo, diminutive of cuco, of onomatopoetic origin; see also Late Latin cucus and Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kuˈkliʝo/ [kuˈkli.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kuˈkliʝo/ [kuˈkli.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kuˈkliʎo/ [kuˈkli.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kuˈkliʃo/ [kuˈkli.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kuˈkliʒo/ [kuˈkli.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: cu‧cli‧llo

Noun

cuclillo m (plural cuclillos)

1. cuckoo (bird)
2. cuckold

Derived terms

• cuclillo bronceado

 

Related terms

• cuco
• cucú
• cuquillo

 

Further reading

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