cucaracha
/kukaˈɾat͡ʃa/ · B2 · noun · f
cockroach
🪳 sounds like cuckoo + a rat-cha: a cuckoo-rat scuttling off
Split it as cu-ca-ra-cha. The ending sounds like rat-cha, and a cockroach is a pest that scuttles like a rat. Say it in the song La cucaracha, where the roach cannot walk. Feminine noun: la cucaracha.