cochinilla
Spanish, noun/kot͡ʃiˈniʝa/
cochinilla is spelled C-O-C-H-I-N-I-L-L-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 75,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cochinilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “woodlouse, pill bug (especially Armadillidium vulgare)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Crustáceo de unos dos centímetros de largo, con el cuerpo anillado, de figura aovada, de color ceniciento…”.
What does cochinilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewoodlouse, pill bug (especially Armadillidium vulgare)
noun
- 1
femininecochineal (animal and dye)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Crustáceo de unos dos centímetros de largo, con el cuerpo anillado, de figura aovada, de color ceniciento obscuro con manchas laterales amarillentas, y patas muy cortas. Cuando se le toca se hace una bola. Se cría en parajes húmedos y se emplea en medicina.
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 cochinilla
- cochinillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cochinilla?
- /kot͡ʃiˈniʝa/
- [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʝa]
- [kot͡ʃiˈniʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cochinilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cochinilla in Spanish?
cochinilla appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).