cucú
Spanish, noun/kuˈku/
cucú is spelled C-U-C-Ú (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 79,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cucú is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cuckoo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Canto o voz que emiten el cuclillo, cuco₂ y otros cucúlidos (tipo de ave)”.
What does cucú mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialdemented, crazy
noun
- 1
masculinecuckoo
- 2
masculineburrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Canto o voz que emiten el cuclillo, cuco₂ y otros cucúlidos (tipo de ave).
noun: 1. Cuco2.
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 cucú
- cucúes plural
- cucús plural
- cucus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cucú?
- /kuˈku/
- [kuˈku]
- [ˈkuku]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cucú
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cucú in Spanish?
cucú 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).