caoba
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
caoba (uncountable)
- Synonym of mahogany (“wood”)
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish caoba, from Taíno [Term?].
Noun[edit]
caoba f (plural caobes)
- mahogany (tree, wood)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “caoba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Taíno caoban (“mahogany”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
caoba m or f (masculine and feminine plural caobas)
- mahogany (color/colour)
- 2016, “Un Bolero en Berlín”, in Trap Mirror, performed by Los Chikos del Maíz:
- Tú hacías de Lauren Bacall, yo de Humphrey Bogart / Sharapova de color caoba
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun[edit]
caoba f (plural caobas)
Further reading[edit]
- “caoba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
caoba on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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