chucao
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃuˈkao/
chucao is spelled C-H-U-C-A-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish, the 277,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chucao is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Chupao tapaculo (Scelorchilus rubecula)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Scelorchilus rubecula rubecula) (Kitlitz) Ave de unos 18 cm, de color gris rojizo, con zonas amarillas y…”.
What does chucao mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineChupao tapaculo (Scelorchilus rubecula)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Scelorchilus rubecula rubecula) (Kitlitz) Ave de unos 18 cm, de color gris rojizo, con zonas amarillas y verdosas o azuladas. Camina y da saltitos cortos por el suelo de los bosques de Chile, entre Colchagua y Aysén. Tiene dos gritos distintos y en el sur de Chile se considera un ave agorera.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chucao
- chucaos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chucao?
- /t͡ʃuˈkao/
- [t͡ʃuˈka.o]
- [t͡ʃuˈkao]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chucao in Spanish?
chucao appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).