cotorra
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish cotorra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cotorra f (plural cotorres)
- any of various species of small parrots or parakeets
- (figurative) chatterbox
- Synonym: xerradora
Hypernyms edit
- (small parrot): lloro
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cotorra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Simplification from cotorrera, from cotarrera, from cotarro, from coto, from Latin cautus (“defended”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cotorra f (plural cotorras)
- small parrot
- magpie
- chatterbox
- (Mexico) an unmarried woman past the normal marrying age according to social traditions
- Synonym: solterona
Related terms edit
Adjective edit
cotorra f sg
Further reading edit
- “cotorra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014