cuero

See also: Cuero

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin corium (“skin, hide, leather”).

Noun

cuero m (plural cueros)

1. leather

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “cuero”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin corium (“skin, hide, leather”). For the sense of "attractive body", probably also influenced by cuerpo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkweɾo/ [ˈkwe.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: cue‧ro

Noun

cuero m (plural cueros)

1. leather
2. animal skin, hide

   Synonyms: piel, pelleja, pellejo

3. (soccer) football (ball)

   Synonyms: (generic) balón, (generic) pelota, (soccer) esférico

4. (Latin America, slang) a man's or woman's attractive body

   Synonyms: cuerazo, cuerpazo

5. (Dominican Republic, slang) prostitute

   Synonym: prostituta

Derived terms

• arrastracueros
• cuero cabelludo
• descuerar
• en cueros
• encuerar

Related terms

• coraza
• coriáceo

Further reading

• “cuero”, 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