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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)
- cashbox
- collection (at a church)
- (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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