# cocho
## Classical Nahuatl
### Etymology

Apocopic form of synonymous cochotl.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkot͡ʃo/

### Noun

cocho (animate, plural cochomeh)
* A species of parrot; Amazona albifrons.
** 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 188r:Papagayo aue conocida. cocho.toznene.A parrot, a known bird. cocho.toznene.
** 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 23r. col. 2:Cocho. papagayo. / Cochome. papagayos.Cocho. a parrot. / Cochome. parrots.

#### Synonyms

* cochotl

### See also

* toznene

### References

* Amazona albifrons on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 23

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* cucho, gocho, gucho

### Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic: compare French cochon (“pig”) or Macedonian кочина (kočina, “pigsty”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkot͡ʃo̝/

### Noun

cocho m (plural cochos, feminine cocha, feminine plural cochas)
* pigsty, den, cubby
    Synonym: porqueira
* pig
    Synonym: porco
* udder

#### Derived terms

* cochada

### Adjective

cocho (feminine cocha, masculine plural cochos, feminine plural cochas)
* dirty

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cochon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cocho”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cocho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cocho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cocho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cochino”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish corcho (“cork”)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈko.ʃu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈko.ʃu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈko.ʃo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈko.ʃu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈko.ʃu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈko.t͡ʃu/

### Noun

cocho m (plural cochos)
* trough (container for animal feed)
    Synonym: manjedoura

### References

* ↑ “cocho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkot͡ʃo/ [ˈko.t͡ʃo]
* Rhymes: -otʃo
* Syllabification: co‧cho

### Etymology 1

From imitative coch, used to call pigs.

#### Noun

cocho m (plural cochos)
* (Mexico) pig; swine
    Synonyms: cerdo, puerco

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish cocho, from Latin coctus.

#### Noun

cocho m (plural cochos)
* (Louisiana) culture
    Synonym: cultura

##### Related terms

* bizcocho
* cocer

#### Participle

cocho (feminine cocha, masculine plural cochos, feminine plural cochas)
* (archaic) past participle of cocer

### Further reading

* “cocho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10