corteza

Meaning

  1. (feminine) bark (of a tree)
  2. (feminine) rind, peel (of a fruit)
  3. (feminine) crust (of food or geologically)

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
cor‧te‧za
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/koɾˈteθa/
Etymology

From Latin corticea, feminine of corticeus, from cortex. Compare English cortex, cortico-, and cortical.

Cognate with English
English
cortex

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