Polyglot Dictionary

cuchitril

/kutʃiˈtɾil/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
cuchitriles

Meaning

  1. hovel

    • Vivía en un cuchitril.

      He lived in a hovel.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

covacha

covacha and cuchitril are close synonyms for a cramped, squalid living space, a "hovel," interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

casebre

casebre is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hovel."

Practice

1 What does cuchitril mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vivía en un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cuchitril?

noun

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