cochinillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kot͡ʃiˈniʝo/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kot͡ʃiˈniʎo/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kot͡ʃiˈniʃo/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kot͡ʃiˈniʒo/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: co‧chi‧ni‧llo
Noun
cochinillo m (plural cochinillos)
- suckling pig
- Synonym: lechón
Further reading
- “cochinillo”, 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