cucharilla

Spanish

Etymology

From cuchara +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃaˈɾiʝa/ [ku.t͡ʃaˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kut͡ʃaˈɾiʝa/ [ku.t͡ʃaˈɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kut͡ʃaˈɾiʎa/ [ku.t͡ʃaˈɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kut͡ʃaˈɾiʃa/ [ku.t͡ʃaˈɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kut͡ʃaˈɾiʒa/ [ku.t͡ʃaˈɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: cu‧cha‧ri‧lla

Noun

cucharilla f (plural cucharillas)

1. Diminutive of cuchara

   Synonym: cucharita

2. teaspoon

   Synonym: cucharita

3. great desert spoon (Dasylirion acrotrichum)

Usage notes

• The noun cucharilla refers to the teaspoon itself; to refer to its contents, or to the amount that it can contain, the noun cucharadita is used instead.

Further reading

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