cuchillar

Spanish

Etymology

From cuchillo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʝaɾ/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kut͡ʃiˈʝaɾ/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kut͡ʃiˈʎaɾ/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kut͡ʃiˈʃaɾ/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kut͡ʃiˈʒaɾ/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cu‧chi‧llar

Adjective

cuchillar m or f (masculine and feminine plural cuchillares)

1. (relational) knife
2. knife-like

Further reading

• “cuchillar”, 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