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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Catalan cortapisa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾtaˈpisa/
- 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- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- shackle; restriction
- Synonym: grillete
- charm (used when speaking)
- Synonym: encanto
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