vizcacha
Spanish, noun/biθˈkat͡ʃa/
vizcacha is spelled V-I-Z-C-A-C-H-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vizcacha is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “viscacha (a South American rodent, native to the Andes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Lagidium spp., Lagostomus spp.) Cualquiera de cinco especies de mamíferos roedores de la familia de los…”.
What does vizcacha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineviscacha (a South American rodent, native to the Andes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Lagidium spp., Lagostomus spp.) Cualquiera de cinco especies de mamíferos roedores de la familia de los chinchíllidos, nativas de las planicies y la bajas estribaciones andinas. Son robustos, de pelaje críptico, y forman grandes colonias que habitan madrigueras subterráneas
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 vizcacha
- vizcachas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vizcacha?
- /biθˈkat͡ʃa/
- [biθˈka.t͡ʃa]
- /bisˈkat͡ʃa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vizcacha in Spanish?
vizcacha appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).