cortapisa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Catalan cortapisa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koɾtaˈpisa/ [koɾ.t̪aˈpi.sa]
Rhymes: -isa
Syllabification: cor‧ta‧pi‧sa

Noun

cortapisa f (plural cortapisas)

obstacle
Synonym: obstáculo
- 2001, Daniel Lezano, Manual de la Cámara Digital y Compacta:
  el limitado número de imágenes que son capaces de almacenar supone una cortapisa indudable
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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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