cotufa

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain.

• Folk etymology: from English corn to fry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈtufa/ [koˈt̪u.fa]
• Rhymes: -ufa
• Syllabification: co‧tu‧fa

Noun

cotufa f (plural cotufas)

1. (Western Canary Islands, Venezuela) popcorn

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita

Derived terms

• pedir cotufas en el golfo

 

Further reading

• “cotufa”, 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