cascorvo

Spanish

Etymology

Blend of casco (“hoof”) +‎ corvo (“arched”), as the term originally referred to duck-footed mounts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈkoɾbo/ [kasˈkoɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -oɾbo
• Syllabification: cas‧cor‧vo

Adjective

cascorvo (feminine cascorva, masculine plural cascorvos, feminine plural cascorvas)

1. (rustic, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela) duck-footed

Further reading

• “cascorvo”, 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
• “cascorvo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010