quiquiriquí
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic. Compare Catalan quiquiriquic, Italian chicchirichì, German kikeriki, Slovene kikirikȋ, Czech kikirikí, kykyryký.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]¡quiquiriquí!
- cock-a-doodle-doo!
- Synonym: cocorocó
Noun
[edit]quiquiriquí m (plural quiquiriquís or quiquiriquíes)
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- Synonym: cacareo
Further reading
[edit]- “quiquiriquí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014