cucharón

See also: cucharon

Spanish

A ladle

A soup spoon

Etymology

From cuchara (“spoon”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃaˈɾon/ [ku.t͡ʃaˈɾõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: cu‧cha‧rón

Noun

cucharón m (plural cucharones)

Augmentative of cuchara
ladle (deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle)
scoop, large spoon, soup spoon

Descendants

→ Cebuano: kutsaron
→ Tagalog: kutsaron

Further reading

“cucharón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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