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choza

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Fala

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese choça.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃoθa/
  • Rhymes: -oθa
  • Syllabification: cho‧za

Noun

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choza f (plural chozas)

  1. hut

References

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

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A choza, Ourol, northern Galicia
Next to a house, and used as a barn

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese choça (Cantigas de Santa Maria); perhaps from Latin pluteus.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈt͡ʃɔθa/ [ˈt͡ʃɔ.θɐ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈt͡ʃɔsa/ [ˈt͡ʃɔ.sɐ]

 

Noun

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choza f (plural chozas)

  1. hut
    Synonyms: cabana, casoupa, choupana
  2. barn

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “choza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Galician choza or Portuguese choça.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈt͡ʃoθa/ [ˈt͡ʃo.θa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈt͡ʃosa/ [ˈt͡ʃo.sa]
  • Rhymes: -oθa
  • Rhymes: -osa
  • Syllabification: cho‧za

Noun

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choza f (plural chozas)

  1. hut, shack
    Synonyms: barraca, cabaña, (Honduras) casucha, jacal, (Chile) ruca, (Puerto Rico) bohío
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 87:
      El río venía crecido, y envolvió en su turbia corriente a la hija maldita, arrastrándola hacia el mar; y cuanndo la madre, horas después, fué a buscarla, presa de angustiosa desesperación, unos changos (pescadores) que tenían sus chozas en el mismo lecho del río, le dijeron que habían visto pasar.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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See also

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Further reading

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