cucurucho

== Spanish == === Etymology === From dialectal Italian cucuruccio (“conical hood, cone”), from an intermediate Vulgar Latin *cuculullius (“cone, cowl”), from Latin cucullus (“hood, cowl, conical wrapper”). Shared origin with English cowl. An ultimate Celtic origin, either borrowed from, into, or influencing the Vulgar Latin form is also sometimes suggested (cf. Irish cochull (“hood”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kukuˈɾut͡ʃo/ [ku.kuˈɾu.t͡ʃo] Rhymes: -utʃo Syllabification: cu‧cu‧ru‧cho === Noun === cucurucho m (plural cucuruchos) a cone made of paper or other material and used to contain candy or other small items an elongated, pointed hood draped in cloth, traditionally worn by some participants of Holy Week processions in several Hispanic countries (pointed hat): capirote (colloquial, Caribbean, Central America) the highest part of a tree, house, building, etc. (colloquial, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) a cone-shaped hill (colloquial, Costa Rica, Honduras) summit (of a hill or mountain) Synonyms: cima, pico, cumbre ==== Related terms ==== === See also === barquillo cono coroza === Further reading === “cucurucho”, 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