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cuchar.

historic grain measure, roughly a third of a quartile

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/kuˈt͡ʃaɾ/[kuˈt͡ʃaɾ]
  1. historic grain measure, roughly a third of a quartile

    feminine · historical
  2. amount of grain fitting in this measure

    feminine · historical
  3. taxes paid on grain in this measure

    feminine · historical
  4. spoon

    feminine · obsolete
  5. fork

    feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κόχλος (kókhlos) Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās) Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς (kokhlĭ́ās)bor. Latin cochlea Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin -āre Latin -ar Latin cochleāreder. Spanish cuchar From Latin cochleāre, from cochlea (“snail”).

verb/kuˈt͡ʃaɾ/[kuˈt͡ʃaɾ]
  1. to dress with manure

    Asturias · transitive
Where this word comes from

From cucho (“compost, manure”) + -ar, the first element being from Latin cultus (“cultivated, tilled”).

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