olluco

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Quechua ulluku.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oˈʝuko/ [oˈʝu.ko]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /oˈʎuko/ [oˈʎu.ko]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oˈʃuko/ [oˈʃu.ko]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oˈʒuko/ [oˈʒu.ko]

  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Syllabification: o‧llu‧co

Noun

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olluco m (plural ollucos)

  1. Ullucus tuberosus, the ulluco
    Synonyms: chugua, ruba, lisa, papa lisa, papalisa
    • 2015 October 30, “La huella latina en España”, in El País[1]:
      Quién sabe, quizá dentro de unas décadas la pasta de ají amarillo, limo y rocoto, los moles, el olluco y el achiote, la salsa de anticuchos y el aderezo especiado de los adobos serranos formarán parte de nuestro recetario doméstico, o cuando menos de nuestro registro cotidiano de sabores familiares.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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