alcancía

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See also: alcancia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic *كنزية (kanzíyya), from Arabic كَنْز (kanz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /alkanˈθia/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alkanˈsia/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: al‧can‧cí‧a

Noun

alcancía f (plural alcancías)

  1. cashbox
  2. collection (at a church)
  3. (Latin America, Philippines, Canary Islands, Andalusia) piggy bank
    Synonyms: (Spain) hucha, (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay) chanchito, (Mexico, Venezuela) cochinito, (Guatemala) cochito, (Colombia) marranito, (Mexico) puerquito, (El Salvador) tunquito

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