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noun, feminine

cuchubal

/kut͡ʃuˈbal/

noun, feminine/kut͡ʃuˈbal/plural: cuchubales

The act of saving an amount of money among coworkers, often to be raffled; savings; piggy bank

Subsisten los cuchubales, Primer modelo de las cajas De ahorros para personas Que temen verse arrancadas.Money-saving remains, The first model of piggy Banks for people afraid to become penniless.

Probably from K'iche' kuchuj (“offering, contribution”). Attested since at least 19th c.