cerveza

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Asturian

Etymology

At least in this form, borrowed from Spanish cerveza.

Noun

cerveza f (plural cervezas)

beer

Spanish

Alternative forms

cerbeça (dated spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cervesa (with consonant assimilation), from Latin cervēs(i)a.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈbeθa/
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seɾˈbesa/
(Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
(Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
Syllabification: cer‧ve‧za

Noun

cerveza f (plural cervezas)

beer
Synonyms: (Mexican, Río de la Plata, slang) checha, (Mexican, Río de la Plata, slang) chela, (Mexican, slang) cheve, (Mexican, Río de la Plata, slang) birra, (slang) fresca, (Cuban, slang) lagarto, (Costa Rican, Mexican, slang) fría, (Costa Rican slang) macha, (Ecuador) biela

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Aragonese: zerbeza
→ Asturian: cerveza
→ Basque: zerbeza
→ Bikol Central: serbesa
→ Cebuano: serbesa
→ Ilocano: serbesa
→ Quechua: sirwisa
→ Tagalog: serbesa

Further reading

“cerveza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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