How to say "piggybank" in spanish?
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The translators say hucha, but it's a moneybox? How does one literally say piggybank?
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updated May 24, 2012
posted by Dulce510
"hucha" is correct because it is a money box that resembles a piggy, but the word is only used in some parts of Latin America, a generic term would be "alcancia" - karusita, May 24, 2012
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In Spanish a "piggybank" es una "hucha"....
For saving some money children usually have a little pig made in ceramics (or another animal).
En español decimos "cerdito", pero es más común decir "hucha" (moneybox), ya que el cerdito (piggybank) es para referirse a una hucha con forma de cerdito.
Moneybox = hucha (in general) Piggybank = cerdito (hucha con forma de cerdito)
updated May 24, 2012
posted by josemaloru
Muy bien dicho amigo - DJ_Huero, May 24, 2012
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Here it is said chancho, chanchito (mostly said by kids) and alcancía.
updated May 24, 2012
posted by Juliss
¿De dónde eres Juliss? - DJ_Huero, May 24, 2012
Hola Dj huero, soy de Perú. - Juliss, May 24, 2012
Acá en Chile también es "chancho/ito" (es el nombre del animal también llamado "cerdo"). - comunacho, May 24, 2012
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hucha
updated May 24, 2012
posted by Rey_Mysterio
