Portuguese
Feminine

crosta

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  1. (feminine) crust (any solid, hard surface layer; outer layer of bread and pastry)
  2. (feminine) crust (outermost layer of a planet)
  3. (feminine) scab (incrustation over a wound)

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C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɾos.tɐ/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin
Latin
crusta
In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin crusta, from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”).

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