lorza
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From alforza (“pleat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈloɾθa/ [ˈloɾ.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈloɾsa/ [ˈloɾ.sa]
- Rhymes: -oɾθa
- Rhymes: -oɾsa
- Syllabification: lor‧za
Noun
[edit]lorza f (plural lorzas)
- pleat, frill
- (Spain, colloquial) flab, roll of fat, spare tire (excess weight or fat accumulated near the waist)
- Synonym: michelín
- 2015 July 6, “El mal gusto”, in El País[1]:
- No es que en invierno, en primavera y otoño no lo haya, pero las temperaturas obligan a la gente a ir más vestida mientras que en el verano el calor hace que se desinhiba y muestre sin ningún complejo a la vista de todos epiplones y lorzas, barrigas y defectos varios.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “lorza”, 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
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