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Galician
Etymology
From ave (“bird”) and a reduplication of the pejorative suffix -ucho.
Pronunciation
Noun
avechucho m (plural avechuchos)
- (derogatory) bird
Tres avichouchos pasan o mar: a rula, o cuco e o paspallar (proverb)- Three birds pass the sea: the turtle dove, the cuckoo and the quail
- creepy-crawly
- (derogatory, figurative) a creepy or evil person
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “avechucho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “avechucho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “avechucho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abeˈt͡ʃut͡ʃo/
- Rhymes: -utʃo
- Syllabification: a‧ve‧chu‧cho
Noun
avechucho m (plural avechuchos)
- (derogatory) A bird.
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 35:El Colocolo es un avechucho parecido al murciélago. Entra de noche en las habitaciones y lleva la muerte a la persona a quien bebe la saliva.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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