coraza

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin coriācea (vestis) (literally “leather clothing”)), from coriāceus (“of leather”), from Latin corium (“leather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /koˈɾaθa/ [koˈɾa.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /koˈɾasa/ [koˈɾa.sa]
• Rhymes: -aθa
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: co‧ra‧za

Noun

coraza f (plural corazas)

1. cuirass
2. poitrel
3. (figurative) security blanket

Derived terms

• acorazar

 

Related terms

• coriáceo

 

Descendants

• → Hopi: kolaasa

Further reading

• “coraza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10