cartón piedra

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of French carton-pierre. Literally, “stone cardboard”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaɾˌtom ˈpjedɾa/ [kaɾˌt̪õm ˈpje.ð̞ɾa]
Syllabification: car‧tón pie‧dra

Noun

cartón piedra m (uncountable)

carton-pierre (papier-mâché made to resemble wood, stone, or metal)

Hypernyms

papel maché

Derived terms

de cartón piedra

Further reading

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

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