cucayo
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== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -aʝo
Syllabification: cu‧ca‧yo
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Noun ====
cucayo m (plural cucayos)
(Colombia) scorched rice (crust of rice from a cooking pot)
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Quechua cucayu (“food taken on a journey”).
==== Noun ====
cucayo m (plural cucayos)
(Peru, colloquial) packed lunch
=== Further reading ===
“cucayo”, 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
“cucayo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010