zuro

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan suro (“cork”) or Aragonese zuro (“cork”), from Latin sūber.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθuɾo/ [ˈθu.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsuɾo/ [ˈsu.ɾo]
Rhymes: -uɾo
Syllabification: zu‧ro

Noun

zuro m (plural zuros)

(Spain) corncob
Synonyms: (Mexico and Central America) olote, (North-Western Argentina, Bolivia and Chile) coronta, (Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) marlo, (Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela) tusa

Further reading

“zuro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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