cuchar

historic grain measure, roughly a third of a quartile; amount of grain fitting in this measure; taxes paid on grain in this measure; spoon; fork

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κόχλος (kókhlos) Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās) Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς (kokhlĭ́ās)bor. Latin cochlea Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin -āre Latin -ar Latin cochleāreder. Spanish cuchar From Latin cochleāre, from cochlea (“snail”).

to dress with manure

From cucho (“compost, manure”) + -ar, the first element being from Latin cultus (“cultivated, tilled”).