cuchillazo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.

Latin culter

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin cultellus

Old Spanish cuchiello

Spanish cuchillo

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin -āceus

Spanish -azo

Spanish cuchillazo

From cuchillo + -azo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʝaθo/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʝa.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʝaθo/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʝa.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʎaθo/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʎa.θo] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʝaso/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʝa.so] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʝaso/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʝa.so] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʎaso/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʎa.so] (northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʃaso/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʃa.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʒaso/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʒa.so] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃiˈaso/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈa.so] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -aθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: cu‧chi‧lla‧zo

Noun

cuchillazo m (plural cuchillazos)

1. knifing; stab
2. knife wound

Further reading

• “cuchillazo”, 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