cuchillada
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʝada/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʝa.ð̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʎada/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʎa.ð̞a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʃada/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʃa.ð̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kut͡ʃiˈʒada/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʒa.ð̞a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: cu‧chi‧lla‧da
Noun
cuchillada f (plural cuchilladas)
- stab
- Synonyms: puñalada, (only with a knife) cuchillazo
- stab wound
Further reading
- “cuchillada”, 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