cochayuyo
Spanish, noun/kot͡ʃaˈʝuʝo/
cochayuyo is spelled C-O-C-H-A-Y-U-Y-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 144,191st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cochayuyo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cochayuyo (edible seaweed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Chondracanthus chamissoi) Alga verde de las costas sudamericanas, de talo ramificado. Es comestible”.
What does cochayuyo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculinecochayuyo (edible seaweed)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Chondracanthus chamissoi) Alga verde de las costas sudamericanas, de talo ramificado. Es comestible. 2. (Durvillaea antarctica) Alga parda abundante en las costas de Chile y Nueva Zelanda. De color verde y café, con el aspecto de una planta de grandes hojas y tallos tubulares, puede alcanzar hasta quince metros de largo; habita en zonas de fuerte oleaje y se adhiere a las rocas mediante un disco basal. Es comestible y se utiliza normalmente en toda clase de guisos.
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 cochayuyo
- cochayuyos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cochayuyo?
- /kot͡ʃaˈʝuʝo/
- [ko.t͡ʃaˈʝu.ʝo]
- [kot͡ʃaˈʝuʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cochayuyo in Spanish?
cochayuyo appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).