cuchillada

Spanish

Etymology

From cuchilla +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʝada/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʝa.ð̞a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kut͡ʃiˈʝada/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʝa.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kut͡ʃiˈʎada/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʎa.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kut͡ʃiˈʃada/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʃa.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kut͡ʃiˈʒada/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʒa.ð̞a]

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: cu‧chi‧lla‧da

Noun

cuchillada f (plural cuchilladas)

1. stab

   Synonyms: puñalada, (only with a knife) cuchillazo

2. stab wound

Further reading

• “cuchillada”, 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