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desnuda

See also: desnudá

English

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WOTD – 8 April 2023

Etymology

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A desnuda in Times Square, New York City, New York, U.S.A.

Borrowed from Spanish desnuda, the feminine singular of desnudo (“naked, nude, undressed”), ultimately from Latin nūdus (“naked, nude, undressed”) and Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare, naked”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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desnuda (plural desnudas)

  1. (US) A topless female street performer covered in body paint who poses for photographs in exchange for tips in the pedestrian plaza of New York City's Times Square.
    • 2015 August 14, Collen Wright, “The Desnudas of Times Square, Topless but for the Paint”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      She shielded her nipples until they were cloaked with brush strokes[.] […] This was part of Ms. Ovalles’s daily routine as a desnuda, a Spanish word meaning naked that has been embraced by the women who strut around the Times Square pedestrian plaza topless and covered in body paint to pose for photos in exchange for tips.
    • 2017, Tim Delaney, Social Deviance:
      Muslims, and a number of Americans alike, would be alarmed with some of the street performers found in New York's Times Square, especially the daily routine of desnudas.

Translations

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topless female street performer covered in body paint who poses for photographs in exchange for tips in the pedestrian plaza of New York City’s Times Square

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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Adjective

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desnuda

  1. feminine singular of desnudu

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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desnuda

  1. feminine singular of desnudo

Etymology 2

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Verb

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desnuda

  1. inflection of desnudar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /desˈnuda/ [d̪ezˈnu.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -uda
  • Syllabification: des‧nu‧da

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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desnuda

  1. feminine singular of desnudo

Etymology 2

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Verb

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desnuda

  1. inflection of desnudar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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