cotorra

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cotorra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈto.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈto.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈto.ra]

Noun

cotorra f (plural cotorres)

1. any of various species of small parrots or parakeets
2. (figurative) chatterbox

   Synonym: xerradora

Hypernyms

• (small parrot): lloro

Derived terms

• cotorra argentina
• cotorra de Kramer
• cotorra multicolor
• cotorreta

Further reading

• “cotorra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

Simplification from cotorrera, from cotarrera, from cotarro, from coto, from Latin cautus (“defended”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈtora/ [koˈt̪o.ra]
• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: co‧to‧rra

Noun

cotorra f (plural cotorras)

1. small parrot
2. magpie
3. chatterbox
4. (Mexico) an unmarried woman past the normal marrying age according to social traditions

   Synonym: solterona

Related terms

• cotorra austral
• cotorra cachaña
• cotorrear
• cotorreo
• cotorrera
• cotorrita
• cotorro

 

Adjective

cotorra f sg

1. feminine singular of cotorro

Further reading

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