cerveza

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Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

At least in this form, borrowed from Spanish cerveza.

Noun[edit]

cerveza f (plural cervezas)

beer

Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

cerbeça (dated spelling)

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

cerveza f (plural cervezas)

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

→ Aragonese: zerbeza
→ Asturian: cerveza
→ Basque: zerbeza
→ Bikol Central: serbesa
→ Cebuano: serbesa
→ Ilocano: serbesa
→ Quechua: sirwisa
→ Tagalog: serbesa

Further reading[edit]

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

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