cuero

See also: Cuero

Aragonese

Etymology

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Noun

cuero m (plural cueros)

1. leather

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “cuero”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin corium (“skin, hide, leather”). For the sense of "attractive body", probably also influenced by cuerpo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkweɾo/ [ˈkwe.ɾo]

Noun

cuero m (plural cueros)

1. leather
2. animal skin, hide
3. (soccer) football (ball)
4. (Latin America, slang) a man's or woman's attractive body
5. (Dominican Republic, slang) prostitute

Synonyms

• (animal skin, hide): piel, pelleja, pellejo
• (soccer ball): (generic) balón, (generic) pelota, (soccer) esférico
• (attractive body): cuerazo, cuerpazo
• (prostitute): prostituta

Derived terms

• arrastracueros
• descuerar
• encuerar
• en cueros
• cuero cabelludo

Related terms

• coraza
• coriáceo

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001