cachila

Spanish

Donacospiza albifrons

Donacospiza albifrons

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃila/ [kaˈt͡ʃi.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: ca‧chi‧la

Noun

cachila f (plural cachilas)

1. (Argentina and Uruguay) a small bird (possibly the long-tailed reed finch, Donacospiza albifrons), of brown color with dark streaks and yellowish throat and belly, of terrestrial habits, and that performs acrobatic flights in time of mating
2. (Uruguay) an antique car, especially a veteran car from the early decades of the 1900s
3. (Uruguay) a car that is old and broken down from use

References

• Category:Donacospiza albifrons on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Further reading

• “cachila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16