cucayo
Spanish, noun/kuˈkaʝo/
cucayo is spelled C-U-C-A-Y-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish, the 321,281st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cucayo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “scorched rice (crust of rice from a cooking pot)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Víveres, provisiones”.
What does cucayo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescorched rice (crust of rice from a cooking pot)
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinepacked lunch
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Víveres, provisiones. 2. Arroz que queda pegado al caldero.
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 cucayo
- cucayos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cucayo?
- /kuˈkaʝo/
- [kuˈka.ʝo]
- [kuˈkaʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cucayo in Spanish?
cucayo appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).