cuerda

Borrowed from Spanish cuerda.

cuerda (plural cuerdas)

1. (Caribbean, historical) A unit of land area equivalent to 3,929 square meters.

From Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, cord”).

cuerda f (plural cuerdes)

1. rope

• IPA^(key): /ˈkweɾda/ [ˈkweɾ.ð̞a]

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• Rhymes: -eɾda
• Syllabification: cuer‧da

cuerda

1. feminine singular of cuerdo

Inherited from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, cord”). Doublet of corda.

cuerda f (plural cuerdas)

1. rope, cord, string

   Synonym: cable

2. (geometry, architecture, aeronautics) chord
3. (music) string (of a musical stringed instrument)
4. clockwork
5. (historical) Synonym of cordel (a traditional unit of distance)
6. (Caribbean, historical) cuerda (unit of land area)

• cuerda de saltar (“jump rope”)
• cuerda floja (“tightrope”)
• cuerda umbilical
• cuerdas vocales
• supercuerda

• “cuerda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28