taltuza

Italian

Noun

taltuza m (invariable)

taltuza, gopher

Spanish

Etymology

From Pipil tāltūsan (“gopher”). Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“earth, soil”) + tozan (“gopher, mole”) (compare tuza).

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /talˈtuθa/, [t̪al̪ˈt̪uθa]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /talˈtusa/, [t̪al̪ˈt̪usa]

Noun

taltuza f (plural taltuzas)

(Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) gopher
Synonym: tuza (Mexico)

Further reading

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

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