caoba
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
caoba (uncountable)
- Synonym of mahogany (“wood”)
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish caoba, from Taíno [Term?].
Noun edit
caoba f (plural caobes)
- mahogany (tree, wood)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “caoba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Taíno caoban (“mahogany”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
caoba m or f (masculine and feminine plural caobas)
- mahogany (color/colour)
- 2016, “Un Bolero en Berlín”, in Trap Mirror, performed by Los Chikos del Maíz:
- Tú hacías de Lauren Bacall, yo de Humphrey Bogart / Sharapova de color caoba
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun edit
caoba f (plural caobas)
Further reading edit
- “caoba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- caoba on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es