cuchara

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish cuchara (“spoon”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cu‧cha‧ra

Noun

cuchara

1. spoon

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈt͡ʃaɾa/ [kuˈt͡ʃa.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: cu‧cha‧ra

Etymology 1

From cuchar, from Latin cochleāre (with an unusual development of /-kl-/, likely due to the early palatalization of /lj/>/ʒ/), from cochlea. Compare Portuguese colher, Catalan cullera, French cuillère, cuiller, Italian cucchiaio, Sicilian cucchiara.

Noun

cuchara f (plural cucharas)

1. spoon
2. (Guatemala, Venezuela, colloquial, slang, vulgar) cunt

   Synonym: concha

3. (Chile, colloquial) heart

Derived terms

• comerás con la cuchara que escojas
• cuchara común
• cuchara de albañil
• cuchara de pastor
• cuchara de postre
• cuchara de sopa
• cucharita
• meter la cuchara; meter cuchara
• teoría de las cucharas

Related terms

• cóclea
• cucharada
• cucharilla (diminutive)
• cucharita (diminutive)
• cucharón (augmentative)

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: kutsara
• → Copala Triqui: coxará
• → Tagalog: kutsara

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cuchara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cuchar

Further reading

• “cuchara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025