tapia

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) adobe
2. (feminine) adobe brick
3. (feminine) wall made of adobe bricks
4. (feminine) enclosing wall

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of tapiar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of tapiar:

Concepts

wall

fence

disaster

disgrace

misfortune

mud wall

bad sign

bad luck

rammed earth

cob

Synonyms

cerca

pared

tabique

valla

sordo

agüero

cercado

empalizada

mal agüero

verja

pared de piedra

señal adversa

adobe

tapial

fortaleza

muro

repisa

Hyphenated as

ta‧pia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtapja/

Etymology

Probably of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“tap, plug”).