vizcacha

vizcacha (plural vizcachas)

1. Alternative spelling of viscacha.

Borrowed from Quechua wisk'acha.

• IPA^(key): /biθˈkat͡ʃa/ [biθˈka.t͡ʃa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /bisˈkat͡ʃa/ [bisˈka.t͡ʃa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: viz‧ca‧cha

vizcacha f (plural vizcachas)

1. viscacha (a South American rodent, native to the Andes)

• “vizcacha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024