quirquincho

English

Etymology

Spanish quirquincho

Noun

quirquincho (plural quirquinchos)

(archaic) The armadillo.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua khirkinchu.

Noun

quirquincho m (plural quirquinchos)

(Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Peru) armadillo

Further reading

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

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