terracota

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian terracotta (“baked earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teraˈkota/ [t̪e.raˈko.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: te‧rra‧co‧ta

Noun

terracota f (plural terracotas)

1. terracotta

Derived terms

• Guerreros de terracota

Related terms

• tierra

Further reading

• “terracota”, 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