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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan suro (“cork”) or Aragonese zuro (“cork”), from Latin sūber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθuɾo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsuɾo/
- Rhymes: -uɾo
- Syllabification: zu‧ro
Noun
zuro m (plural zuros)
- (Spain) corncob
- Synonyms: (Mexico and Central America) olote, (North-Western Argentina, Bolivia and Chile) coronta, (Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) marlo, (Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela) tusa
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