cuchillo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Chavacano ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Spanish cuchillo (“knife”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: cu‧chi‧llo
=== Noun ===
cuchillo
knife
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Spanish cuchiello, from Latin cultellus, a diminutive of culter. Cognate with English cutlery. Compare English cutlass also.
=== Pronunciation ===
Syllabification: cu‧chi‧llo
=== Noun ===
cuchillo m (plural cuchillos)
knife
Synonyms: estilete, daga, faca, navaja, puñal
Coordinate terms: cuchara, tenedor
blade of knife
Synonym: hoja
==== Hyponyms ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Central Bikol: kutsilyo
→ Cebuano: kutsilyo
→ Ivatan: kuchiliu
→ Mapudungun: kucijo
→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: cochi̱loj
→ Oluta Popoluca: cuchi̱nu
→ San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: cochiyó
→ San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cutsilu
→ Southeastern Tepehuan: kuxiir
→ Tagalog: kutsilyo
→ Zoogocho Zapotec: cwšiyw
=== Further reading ===
“cuchillo”, 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