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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾˈkoma/
- Rhymes: -oma
- Syllabification: car‧co‧ma
Etymology 1
Noun
carcoma f (plural carcomas)
- woodworm
- thorn in someone's side
20 August 2023, Jordi Quixano, “España se hace inmortal con la conquista de su primer Mundial femenino”, in El País:Ninguna como Hemp, una diablesa con botas, carcoma insaciable que juega tan bien con el cuerpo como con los pies, capaz incluso de hacer tiritar a Paredes.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Verb
carcoma
- inflection of carcomer:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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