carpincho

See also: carpinchoe

English

Noun

carpincho (countable and uncountable, plural carpinchos or carpinchoes)

1. Alternative form of carpinchoe

Spanish

Etymology

From Guaraní kapi'i (“grass”) and the Spanish suffix -ncho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈpint͡ʃo/ [kaɾˈpĩnʲ.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -intʃo
• Syllabification: car‧pin‧cho

Noun

carpincho m (plural carpinchos)

1. (Cono Sur) capybara

   Synonyms: capibara, chigüire

   • 2015 December, “Apareció carpincho en el patio de una casa en Carrasco”, in El Pais (Uruguay)‎^[1]:

     Se trataba de un carpincho hembra, muy joven, manso y en buenas condiciones sanitarias.

     (The call) was about a female capybara, very young, tame, and in good sanitary conditions.

Further reading

• “carpincho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10