cucha
Spanish, noun
cucha is spelled C-U-C-H-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 69,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cucha is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “catfish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of cucho, old woman. With an accent, cuchá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of cuchar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recaudación de dinero hecha por un grupo de personas mediante aportes propios.^([cita requerida])”.
What does cucha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of cucho, old woman
- 2
femininecatfish
noun
- 1
femininedoghouse; kennel
- 2
femininedog bed
- 3
colloquialfemininebed
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cucho
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of cuchar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recaudación de dinero hecha por un grupo de personas mediante aportes propios.^([cita requerida]).
noun: 1. Yacija o cama del perro. 2. Cama.
interjection: 1. Voz con que se ordena al perro que se eche, que se tienda sobre el suelo.
noun: 1. Vejestorio.
noun: 1. Gata, hembra del gato o cucho.
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 cucha
- cuchas plural
- cucho masculine
- cuchos masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cucha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cucha in Spanish?
cucha appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).