cosquillas

Spanish

Etymology

Compare Catalan cossigolles, Portuguese cosquinha.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kosˈkiʝas/ [kosˈki.ʝas]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kosˈkiʝas/ [kosˈki.ʝas]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kosˈkiʎas/ [kosˈki.ʎas]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kosˈkiʃas/ [kosˈki.ʃas]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kosˈkiʒas/ [kosˈki.ʒas]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝas

• Rhymes: -iʝas
• Rhymes: -iʎas
• Rhymes: -iʃas
• Rhymes: -iʒas

• Syllabification: cos‧qui‧llas

Noun

cosquillas f pl (plural only)

1. tickling, tickle (feeling resembling the result of tickling)

   Synonyms: cosquilleo, (regional) coscas

Derived terms

• buscarle a alguien las cosquillas
• cosquillear
• cosquilloso
• hacer cosquillas

 

Noun

cosquillas f pl

1. plural of cosquilla

Further reading

• “cosquillas”, 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