cuneta

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: cu‧ne‧ta

Noun

cuneta f (plural cunetas)

  1. jackdaw (Coloeus monedula, a European bird)
    Synonyms: gralha-de-nuca-cinzenta, gralho, chuca

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cunetta. Doublet of laguna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈneta/
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: cu‧ne‧ta

Noun

cuneta f (plural cunetas)

  1. roadside ditch
    • 2019 August 26, Jaime Susanna, “El Coleta: el fenómeno quinqui del momento que conduce un BMW”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:
      El cine quinqui apenas dejó supervivientes: El Pirri fue hallado muerto por sobredosis en una cuneta con 23 años; José Luis Manzano, con 29 por la misma razón; []
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  2. ditch
    Synonym: trinchera
  3. gutter
    Synonym: zanja

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