cucaña
Spanish, noun/kuˈkaɲa/
cucaña is spelled C-U-C-A-Ñ-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 141,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cucaña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “greasy pole (party game of climbing or walking on a slippery pole)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tronco largo, untado con jabón, grasa o sebo, colocado verticalmente en el suelo por el cual se ha de…”.
What does cucaña mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegreasy pole (party game of climbing or walking on a slippery pole)
- 2
femininepiece of cake (easy task)
- 3
femininebargain
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tronco largo, untado con jabón, grasa o sebo, colocado verticalmente en el suelo por el cual se ha de ascender, u horizontalmente a alguna distancia de una superficie de agua,si se ha de caminar, para tomar como premio uno o varios objetos atados en la cúspide. 2. Pasatiempo de mirar los intentos de trepar o avanzar por ese tronco. 3. Procedimiento fácil para lograr algo de manera súbita. 4. Lo obtenido con poco esfuerzo o a expensas ajenas.
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 cucaña
- cucañas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cucaña?
- /kuˈkaɲa/
- [kuˈka.ɲa]
- [kuˈkaɲa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cucaña in Spanish?
cucaña appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).