cartón piedra

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of French carton-pierre. Literally, “stone cardboard”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˌtom ˈpjedɾa/ [kaɾˌt̪õm ˈpje.ð̞ɾa]
• Syllabification: car‧tón pie‧dra

Noun

cartón piedra m (uncountable)

1. carton-pierre (papier-mâché made to resemble wood, stone, or metal)

Hypernyms

• papel maché

Derived terms

• de cartón piedra

Further reading

• “cartón piedra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10