vinchuca
Spanish, noun[bĩnʲˈt͡ʃuka]
vinchuca is spelled V-I-N-C-H-U-C-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 172,602nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vinchuca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “the kissing bug Triatoma infestans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(subfamilia Triatominae) Cualquiera de un centenar de especies de insectos hemípteros, hematófagos, de la…”.
What does vinchuca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe kissing bug Triatoma infestans
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (subfamilia Triatominae) Cualquiera de un centenar de especies de insectos hemípteros, hematófagos, de la familia de los redúvidos, de hasta 2 cm de tamaño, cuerpo plano de color pardo y cabeza afilada. Son endémicos de América del Sur, donde son el principal vector del Tripanosoma cruzii, el protista causante del mal de Chagas-Mazza.
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 vinchuca
- vinchucas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vinchuca?
- [bĩnʲˈt͡ʃuka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vinchuca in Spanish?
vinchuca appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).