cuña

See also: cuna, Cuna, cùna, cunã, and cüna

Spanish

Etymology

From cuño or from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus. Compare Portuguese cunha.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkuɲa/
Rhymes: -uɲa

Noun

cuña f (plural cuñas)

wedge
chock (for wheel)
(typography) quoin
(colloquial) influence, weight, pull
(television, radio) slot, spot
(anatomy) cuneus (portion of the occipital lobe)
(colloquial, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Rep., El Salvador) connections
Synonyms: enchufe, palanca

Derived terms

precuña

Related terms

Further reading

“cuña” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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