cuchara

== Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish cuchara (“spoon”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cu‧cha‧ra === Noun === cuchara spoon == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kuˈt͡ʃaɾa/ [kuˈt͡ʃa.ɾa] Rhymes: -aɾa Syllabification: cu‧cha‧ra === Etymology 1 === From cuchar, from Latin cochleāre (with an unusual development of /-kl-/, likely due to the early palatalization of /lj/>/ʒ/), from cochlea. Compare Portuguese colher, Catalan cullera, French cuillère, cuiller, Italian cucchiaio, Sicilian cucchiara. ==== Noun ==== cuchara f (plural cucharas) spoon (Guatemala, Venezuela, colloquial, slang, vulgar) cunt Synonym: concha (Chile, colloquial) heart ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Central Bikol: kutsara → Copala Triqui: coxará → Tagalog: kutsara === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cuchara first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cuchar === Further reading === “cuchara”, 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