corcho

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cortex, corticis, possibly through a Mozarabic intermediate *kórčo or *kórče.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾt͡ʃo/ [ˈkoɾ.t͡ʃo]
• Hyphenation: cor‧cho

Noun

corcho m (plural corchos)

1. cork (bark of the cork oak)
2. cork (bottle stopper)

Derived terms

• acorcharse
• corcholata
• sacacorchos

 

Further reading

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