joroba
See also: jorobá
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xoˈɾoba/ [xoˈɾo.β̞a]
- Rhymes: -oba
- Syllabification: jo‧ro‧ba
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic حَدُوبَّا (ḥadúbba), from Classical Arabic هَضَبَة (haḍaba).
Noun
joroba f (plural jorobas)
- hump
- Synonym: giba
- (colloquial) pain in the neck
- Synonym: coñazo
- (Costa Rica) trunk, boot (of a car)
Verb
joroba
- inflection of jorobar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “joroba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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