cuchufleta
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Seemingly from the Spanish cuchillo meaning knife, likely due to the insult being piercing as a knife is.
Noun edit
cuchufleta f (plural cuchufletas)
- jibe
- 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 edit
- “cuchufleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014