costra
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin crusta (following metathesis), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”). Cognate with English crust. Also, compare English custard, an English descendant of Latin crusta that also underwent similar metathesis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]costra f (plural costras)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “costra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ostɾa
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