cucharón

See also: cucharon

Spanish

A ladle

A soup spoon

Etymology

From cuchara (“spoon”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃaˈɾon/ [ku.t͡ʃaˈɾõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: cu‧cha‧rón

Noun

cucharón m (plural cucharones)

1. Augmentative of cuchara
2. ladle (deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle)
3. scoop, large spoon, soup spoon

Descendants

• → Cebuano: kutsaron
• → Tagalog: kutsaron

Further reading

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