corteza

From Latin corticea, feminine of corticeus, from cortex.

corteza f (plural corteces)

1. Alternative form of corteya

• cortu

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

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

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014