hormaza
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from an ellipsis of Late Latin pariēs fōrmācea (“a moulded wall”), from fōrmāceus, in reference to its being made by stuffing between two boards. Related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “a shape, form”). Reflects pared's change of gender from the original masculine. Compare hormazo and horma (“dry stone wall”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /oɾˈmaθa/ [oɾˈma.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oɾˈmasa/ [oɾˈma.sa]
- Rhymes: -aθa
- Rhymes: -asa
- Syllabification: hor‧ma‧za
Noun
[edit]hormaza f (plural hormazas)
Further reading
[edit]- “hormaza”, 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
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- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aθa
- Rhymes:Spanish/aθa/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/asa
- Rhymes:Spanish/asa/3 syllables
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