corteza

From Latin corticea, feminine of corticeus, from cortex.

corteza f (plural corteces)

1. alternative form of corteya

• cortu

corteza

1. feminine singular of cortez

From Latin corticea, feminine of corticeus, from cortex. Compare English cortex, cortico-, and cortical.

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈteθa/ [koɾˈt̪e.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /koɾˈtesa/ [koɾˈt̪e.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: cor‧te‧za

corteza f (plural cortezas)

1. bark (of a tree)
2. rind, peel (of a fruit)
3. crust (of food or geologically)

• “corteza”, 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