cocho

Classical Nahuatl

Cocho.

Etymology

Apocopic form of synonymous cochotl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkot͡ʃo/

Noun

cocho (animate, plural cochomeh)

1. A species of parrot; Amazona albifrons.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 188r:

     Papagayo aue conocida. cocho.toznene.

     A parrot, a known bird. cocho.toznene.

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 23r. col. 2:

     Cocho. papagayo. / Cochome. papagayos.

     Cocho. a parrot. / Cochome. parrots.

Synonyms

• cochotl

See also

• toznene

References

• Amazona albifrons on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Alonso de Molina (2008), Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 23

Galician

Porco or cocho

Alternative forms

• cucho, gocho, gucho

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic: compare French cochon (“pig”) or Macedonian кочина (kočina, “pigsty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkot͡ʃo̝/

Noun

cocho m (plural cochos, feminine cocha, feminine plural cochas)

1. pigsty, den, cubby

   Synonym: porqueira

2. pig

   Synonym: porco

3. udder

Derived terms

• cochada

Adjective

cocho (feminine cocha, masculine plural cochos, feminine plural cochas)

1. dirty

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cochon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cocho”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cocho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cocho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cocho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic: compare Galician cocho (“pig”), French cochon (“pig”) or Macedonian кочина (kočina, “pigsty”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ʃu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkot.ʃu/

Noun

cocho m (plural cochos)

1. (dialectal, Portugal) trough (container for animal feed)

   Synonym: manjedoura

2. (Minho, Trás-os-Montes) pig

   Synonym: porco

3. udder

Further reading

• “cocho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cocho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkot͡ʃo/ [ˈko.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -otʃo
• Syllabification: co‧cho

Etymology 1

From imitative coch, used to call pigs.

Noun

cocho m (plural cochos)

1. (Mexico) pig; swine

   Synonyms: cerdo, puerco

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish cocho, from Latin coctus.

Noun

cocho m (plural cochos)

1. (Louisiana) culture

   Synonym: cultura

Related terms

• bizcocho
• cocer

Participle

cocho (feminine cocha, masculine plural cochos, feminine plural cochas)

1. (archaic) past participle of cocer

Further reading

• “cocho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025