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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kot͡ʃiˈniʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kot͡ʃiˈniʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kot͡ʃiˈniʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kot͡ʃiˈniʒa/
- Syllabification: co‧chi‧ni‧lla
Etymology 1
Diminutive form of cochina, feminine form of cochino (“pig”), because of the animal's shape.
Noun
cochinilla f (plural cochinillas)
- pill bug (especially Armadillidium vulgare)
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Etymology 2
Uncertain; possibly based on Latin coccinus (“scarlet”), or related to the above etymology.
Noun
cochinilla f (plural cochinillas)
- cochineal (animal and dye)
- Synonym: grana
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