alcuza

Spanish

Una alcuza moderna (a modern "alcuza")

una alcuza antigua (an older "alcuza")

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الكُوزَة (al-kúza), from Arabic كُوزَة (kūza).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alˈkuθa/ [alˈku.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alˈkusa/ [alˈku.sa]
• Rhymes: -uθa
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: al‧cu‧za

Noun

alcuza f (plural alcuzas)

1. oil container, oil jar (kitchen utensil)

Further reading

• “alcuza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10