cuchillo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cuchiello, from Latin cultellus, a diminutive of culter. Cognate with English cutlery. Compare English cutlass also.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kuˈt͡ʃiʝo/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kuˈt͡ʃiʎo/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kuˈt͡ʃiʃo/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kuˈt͡ʃiʒo/ [kuˈt͡ʃi.ʒo]

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(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

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

cuchillo de armadura
cuchillo de carne (“steak knife”) (Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Honduras, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela)
cuchillo de cocina (“kitchen knife”)
cuchillo de mondar (“paring knife”) (used in parts of Mexico, Spain, Argentina and Uruguay)
cuchillo de monte
cuchillo de pelar (“paring knife”), cuchillo para pelar (“paring knife”)
cuchillo para carne (“steak knife”) (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay, Mexico)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Cebuano: kutsilyo
→ 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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