coraza

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

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

coraza f (plural corazas)

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

• → Hopi: kolaasa

• “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], 10 December 2024