cordel

Senso (English)

1. (masculine) string (thin thread)
2. (masculine) twine (thin cord or rope)
3. (historical, masculine) chain (surverying or measuring rope, typically of 50 or 100 varas)
4. (historical, masculine) cordel, Spanish chain (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 41.9 m in 19th-century Spain)

Synonyms

cuerda

bramante

hilo

🧵

soga

🪢

maroma

🪢

cordón

pita

guita

💸

mecate

🪢

currican

guaral

pita

asa

cabresto [cabestro]

cadena

cinturón

faja

soguilla de tres ramales

cuerda gruesa

cordeles para amarrar

cuerda delgada

cabulla

Con il trattino come

cor‧del

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/koɾˈdel/

Etimologia (English)

Borrowed from catalano: cordell

In summary

Borrowed from Catalan cordell (“cord, string”), from Vulgar Latin *cordellus (“little rope, cord, string”), from Latin chorda (“rope, cord”) + -ellus (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Equivalent to corda + -el.