pucuyo

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /puˈkuʝo/ [puˈku.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /puˈkuʃo/ [puˈku.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /puˈkuʒo/ [puˈku.ʒo]

  • Rhymes: -uʝo
  • Syllabification: pu‧cu‧yo

Noun

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pucuyo m (plural pucuyos)

  1. (Mexico, El Salvador) the chuck-will's-widow or the Eastern whippoorwill
    Synonym: tapacaminos
  2. (Honduras) the pauraque
    Synonyms: pocuyo, pocoyo, curiango, cocuyo, aguaitacamino

Further reading

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  • pucuyo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010