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Spanish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /puˈkuʝo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /puˈkuʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /puˈkuʒo/
- Rhymes: -uʝo
- Syllabification: pu‧cu‧yo
Noun
pucuyo m (plural pucuyos)
- (Mexico, El Salvador) the chuck-will's-widow or the Eastern whippoorwill
- Synonym: tapacaminos
- (Honduras) the pauraque
- Synonyms: pocuyo, pocoyo, curiango, cocuyo, aguaitacamino
Further reading
- “pucuyo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010