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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/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kuˈt͡ʃiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kuˈt͡ʃiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kuˈt͡ʃiʒo/
- 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)
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