alcancía

== Spanish == === Etymology === Derived from Arabic كَنْز (kanz), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Portuguese alcanzia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alkanˈθia/ [al.kãn̟ˈθi.a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /alkanˈsia/ [al.kãnˈsi.a] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ia Syllabification: al‧can‧cí‧a === Noun === alcancía f (plural alcancías) cashbox collection (at a church) (Latin America, Philippines, Canary Islands, Andalusia) piggy bank Synonyms: (Spain) hucha, (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay) chanchito, (Mexico, Venezuela) cochinito, (Guatemala) cochito, (Colombia) marranito, (Mexico) puerquito, (El Salvador) tunquito ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: alkansiya → Hiligaynon: alkansiya → Maranao: alkansiya → Tagalog: alkansiya → Tausug: alkansiya → Yakan: alkansiya === Further reading === “alcancía”, 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