cuidacoches
Spanish, noun/ˌkwidaˈkot͡ʃes/
cuidacoches is spelled C-U-I-D-A-C-O-C-H-E-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 162,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuidacoches is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “synonym of franelero” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que informalmente administra una sección del lugar para estacionamiento en la vía pública para…”.
What does cuidacoches mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinesynonym of franelero
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que informalmente administra una sección del lugar para estacionamiento en la vía pública para "cuidar" los automóviles y pide propina o exige un pago para que uno pueda estacionar.
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.
How do you pronounce cuidacoches?
- /ˌkwidaˈkot͡ʃes/
- [ˌkwi.ð̞aˈko.t͡ʃes]
- [kwið̞aˈkot͡ʃes]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cuidacoches in Spanish?
cuidacoches appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).