mazorca

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَاسُورَة (māsūra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /maˈθoɾka/ [maˈθoɾ.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /maˈsoɾka/ [maˈsoɾ.ka]
• Rhymes: -oɾka
• Syllabification: ma‧zor‧ca

Noun

mazorca f (plural mazorcas)

1. cob (of corn)

Further reading

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