cucurucho
Meanings
Noun
1. a cone made of paper or other material and used to contain candy or other small items
2. an elongated, pointed hood draped in cloth, traditionally worn by some participants of Holy Week processions in several Hispanic countries
3. the highest part of a tree, house, building, etc. (colloquial, Caribbean, Central America)
4. a cone-shaped hill (colloquial, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Venezuela)
5. summit (of a hill or mountain) (colloquial, Costa Rica, Honduras)
Examples6
Un cucurucho como el gorro de las brujas.
A pointed hat like the witches’ cap.
Los niños salieron de la posada con cucuruchos repletos de golosinas.
The children left the inn with cones filled with candies.
Algunos penitentes se vistieron de púrpura y portaron un cucurucho en la cabeza.
Some penitents clad themselves in purple and bore a pointed hat on their heads.
Jane quería un helado de cucurucho.
Jane wanted an ice cream cone.
Creo que me tomaré otro cucurucho de helado.
I think I'll have one more ice cream cone.
Los cucuruchos de helado están hechos de barquillo.
Ice cream cones are made of wafer.