cuchufleta

Spanish

Etymology

Seemingly from the Spanish cuchillo meaning knife, likely due to the insult being piercing as a knife is.

Noun

cuchufleta f (plural cuchufletas)

jibe
Synonyms: broma, chanza
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
  el cura y Amarillo dejaron caer alguna punzante cuchufleta sobre la persona del filósofo de aldea
  the priest and Amarillo let out a piercing jibe to the person of the village philosopher

Further reading

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

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