Translation of cucharón

I will usually use the most usual sense of the term, and not the more sophisticated ones and I think you will understand what I wanted to say. In any case we should review all words every two days or so.
This afternoon I will fly to Chile. My two brothers and sisters live there. They are also very old and my brother has already died. My parents emigrated 30 years ago, but they wanted to stay.
I've tried to learn Spanish with this site and it worked well. Do you currently attend a course? I used to attend a language school, but for now I'm too busy. Incredible how fast one forgets the language.