cachipolla

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃiˈpoʝa/ [ka.t͡ʃiˈpo.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃiˈpoʝa/ [ka.t͡ʃiˈpo.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃiˈpoʎa/ [ka.t͡ʃiˈpo.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃiˈpoʃa/ [ka.t͡ʃiˈpo.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃiˈpoʒa/ [ka.t͡ʃiˈpo.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -oʝa

• Rhymes: -oʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -oʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -oʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ca‧chi‧po‧lla

Noun

cachipolla f (plural cachipollas)

1. mayfly

Further reading

• “cachipolla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025