zuro

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan suro (“cork”) or Aragonese zuro (“cork”), from Latin sūber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθuɾo/ [ˈθu.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsuɾo/ [ˈsu.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: zu‧ro

Noun

zuro m (plural zuros)

1. (Spain) corncob

   Synonyms: (Mexico and Central America) olote, (North-Western Argentina, Bolivia and Chile) coronta, (Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) marlo, (Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela) tusa

Further reading

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