cotorra
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
cotorra f (plural cotorres)
- any of various species of small parrots or parakeets
- (figurative) chatterbox
- Synonym: xerradora
Hypernyms
- (small parrot): lloro
Derived terms
- cotorra argentina
- cotorra de Kramer
- cotorra multicolor
- cotorreta
Further reading
- “cotorra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
Simplification from cotorrera, from cotarrera, from cotarro, from coto, from Latin cautus (“defended”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈtora/ [koˈt̪o.ra]
- Rhymes: -ora
- Syllabification: co‧to‧rra
Noun
cotorra f (plural cotorras)
- small parrot
- magpie
- chatterbox
- (Mexico) an unmarried woman past the normal marrying age according to social traditions
- Synonym: solterona
Further reading
- “cotorra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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