cuchilla

Spanish

Etymology

From cuchillo, inherited from Latin cultellus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kuˈt͡ʃiʝa/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kuˈt͡ʃiʝa/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kuˈt͡ʃiʎa/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kuˈt͡ʃiʃa/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kuˈt͡ʃiʒa/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.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‧chi‧lla

Noun

cuchilla f (plural cuchillas)

1. knife
2. cleaver
3. blade of a sword
4. hogback
5. gore (of a road)
6. razor blade
7. (Uruguay) low rolling hill typical of the pampas landscape

   Synonym: lomada entrerriana

Related terms

• cuchillo

 

Further reading

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