correa

See also: Corrêa, and Correa

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin corrigia.

Noun

correa f (plural correes)

1. belt

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese correa, from Latin corrigia. Compare Portuguese correia and Spanish correa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈre.a̝/

Noun

correa f (plural correas)

1. leather strap
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 34:

     tã grã fame era dentro na vila, que comiã os coyros et as correas

     there was such big hunger inside the town that they were eating the leathers and straps

   1. leather strap which connects both parts of a flail
2. leash
   • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes en Romance:

     As veces ruyn gadela roy boa correa

     Sometimes a bad bitch gnaws a good leash

3. elasticity of a dough
4. sea thongs (Himanthalia elongate)

   Synonym: correola

5. sea-laces (Chorda filum)
6. juvenile specimen of conger

Derived terms

• Correa
• correaría

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “correa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “correa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “correa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “correa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “correa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korˈre.a/
• Rhymes: -ea
• Hyphenation: cor‧ré‧a

Noun

correa f (plural corree)

1. female equivalent of correo (“accomplice”)

Anagrams

• arreco, arrecò

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin corrigia (“shoelace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈrea/ [koˈre.a]
• Hyphenation: co‧rre‧a

Noun

correa f (plural correas)

1. belt, band, leash

   Synonym: cinturón

Derived terms

• correaje
• correazo

Descendants

• → Tagalog: korea

Further reading

• “correa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28