cuchillo
cuchillo
masculine noun
1knife
- pasar a cuchillo -> to put to the sword
- cuchillo de cocina -> kitchen knife
- cuchillo eléctrico -> electric carving knife
- cuchillo de monte -> hunting knife
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cuchillo [coo-cheel'-lyo]
noun
1Knife of one blade, with a handle. (m)
2Gore, a triangular piece of cloth sewed into a garment. (m)
3Right of governing and putting the laws in execution. (Metaphorical) (m)
4A beam, girder. (m)
5Every plank cut on the bevel. (Nautical) (m)
6A cut, crevice, fissure. (m)
7Every triangular sail, leg-of-mutton sail. (m)
8Upright, support. (Architecture) (m)
9Fang, tusk (de jabalí etc.). (m)
- Cuchillo de monte -> a hunter’s cutlass
- Pasar a cuchillo -> to put to the sword
- Cuchillo de hoja automática -> switch-blade
- Cuchillo de postres -> fruit knife
- Cuchillo mantequillero -> butter knife
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