taltuza

Italian

Noun

taltuza m (uncountable)

1. taltuza, gopher

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Spanish

Etymology

From Pipil tāltūsan (“gopher”). Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“earth, soil”) + tozan (“gopher, mole”) (compare tuza).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /talˈtuθa/ [t̪al̪ˈt̪u.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /talˈtusa/ [t̪al̪ˈt̪u.sa]

Noun

taltuza f (plural taltuzas)

1. (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) gopher

   Synonym: (Mexico) tuza

Further reading

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