joroba

See also: jorobá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoˈɾoba/ [xoˈɾo.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: jo‧ro‧ba

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic حَدُوبَّا (ḥadúbba), from Classical Arabic هَضَبَة (haḍaba).

Noun

joroba f (plural jorobas)

1. hump

   Synonym: giba

2. (colloquial) pain in the neck

   Synonym: coñazo

3. (Costa Rica) trunk, boot (of a car)

   Synonyms: maletero, baúl, cajuela

Etymology 2

Verb

joroba

1. inflection of jorobar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “joroba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• abrojo