correa

See also: Corrêa and Correa

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin corrigia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈrea/ [koˈre.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: co‧rre‧a

Noun

correa f (plural correes)

  1. belt

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese correa, from Latin corrigia. Compare Portuguese correia and Spanish correa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈrea/ [koˈre.ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Hyphenation: co‧rre‧a

Noun

correa f (plural correas)

  1. leather strap
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 34:
      tã grã fame era dentro na vila, que comiã os coyros et as correas
      there was such big hunger inside the town that they were eating the leathers and straps
    1. leather strap which connects both parts of a flail
  2. leash
    • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes en Romance:
      As veces ruyn gadela roy boa correa
      Sometimes a bad bitch gnaws a good leash
  3. elasticity of a dough
  4. sea thongs (Himanthalia elongate)
    Synonym: correola
  5. sea-laces (Chorda filum)
  6. juvenile specimen of conger

Derived terms

References

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /korˈre.a/
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Hyphenation: cor‧ré‧a

Noun

correa f (plural corree)

  1. female equivalent of correo (accomplice)

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin corrigia (shoelace).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈrea/ [koˈre.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: co‧rre‧a

Noun

correa f (plural correas)

  1. belt, band
    Synonym: cinturón
  2. leash
    Synonym: traílla

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tagalog: korea

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