cortapisa

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Catalan cortapisa.

Noun

cortapisa f (plural cortapisas)

obstacle
Synonym: obstáculo
shackle; restriction
Synonym: grillete
charm (used when speaking)
Synonym: encanto

Further reading

“cortapisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
“cortapisa” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.

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