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Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic.

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  • IPA(key): [ret͡ʃowˈt͡ʃiʊ]

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rechouchío m (plural rechouchíos)

  1. chirrup, warble, twitter, chirp (trill of birds)
    Synonyms: chirlo, chío, trilo
    • 1954, Manuel María, “O Carro”, in Terra Chá:
      Non canta na Chá ninguén.
      Por eso o meu carro canta.
      Canta o seu eixo tan ben
      que a señardade me espanta.
      Non hai canto tan fermoso:
      fino como un asubío.
      Anque é, ás vegadas, saudoso,
      faise, no ar, rechouchío.
      Nobody is singing in the Plains
      that's why my cart sings.
      Its axle sings so good
      that it drives off my loneliness.
      There is no song so beautiful:
      high-pitched as a whistle.
      Albeit it is, sometimes, lonesome
      in the air it becomes a chirrup.

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