cerveza

Asturian

Etymology

At least in this form, borrowed from Spanish cerveza.

Noun

cerveza f (plural cervezas)

1. beer

Related terms

• cervecería

Further reading

• “cerveza”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “cerveza”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cerbeça (Early Modern Spanish)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cervesa (with consonant assimilation), from Latin cervēs(i)a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeɾˈbeθa/ [θeɾˈβ̞e.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seɾˈbesa/ [seɾˈβ̞e.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: cer‧ve‧za

Noun

cerveza f (plural cervezas)

1. beer

   Synonyms: (Mexican, Río de la Plata, slang) checha, (Mexican, Río de la Plata, slang) chela, (Mexican, slang) cheve, (Mexican, Río de la Plata, slang) birra, (slang) fresca, (Cuban, slang) lagarto, (Costa Rican, Mexican, slang) fría, (Costa Rican slang) macha, (Ecuador) biela

Derived terms

• cervecería
• cervecero
• cerveza de raíz

Descendants

• → Aragonese: zerbeza
• → Asturian: cerveza
• → Basque: zerbeza
• → Bikol Central: serbesa
• → Cebuano: serbesa
• → Ilocano: serbesa
• → K'iche': serwes
• → Quechua: sirwisa
• → Tagalog: serbesa

Further reading

• “cerveza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024