cucuy

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈkui/ [kuˈkui̯]
• Rhymes: -ui
• Syllabification: cu‧cuy

Noun

cucuy m (plural cucuyes)

1. bogeyman

Further reading

• “cucuy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28