carpincho
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See also: carpinchoe
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]carpincho (countable and uncountable, plural carpinchos or carpinchoes)
- Alternative form of carpinchoe
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Guaraní kapi'i (“grass”) and the Spanish suffix -ncho.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]carpincho m (plural carpinchos)
- (Cono Sur) capybara
- 2015 December, “Apareció carpincho en el patio de una casa en Carrasco”, in El Pais (Uruguay)[1]:
- Se trataba de un carpincho hembra, muy joven, manso y en buenas condiciones sanitarias.
- (The call) was about a female capybara, very young, tame, and in good sanitary conditions.
Further reading
[edit]- “carpincho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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