No. 10,594 in Spanish
cuchetas
Bunk beds.
In a sentence
En el campamento, las cuchetas eran muy cómodas para dormir.
At the camp, the bunk beds were very comfortable to sleep on.
Cuchetas is used here to mean bunk beds, which are a type of furniture with one bed stacked on top of another.
En Argentina, a las literas se les llama cuchetas.
In Argentina, bunk beds are called cuchetas.
This sentence illustrates that 'cuchetas' is a regional term in Argentina for what is more commonly known as 'literas' in Spanish.
Los niños se disputaban quién dormiría en la cucheta superior.
The children argued over who would sleep on the top bunk.
Cucheta is singular here, referring to one side or level of the bunk bed.
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