caoba

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caoba.

Noun

caoba (uncountable)

1. Synonym of mahogany (“wood”).

Anagrams

• Abaco, Acoba

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caoba, from Taíno [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

caoba f (plural caobes)

1. mahogany (tree, wood)

Derived terms

• caoba africana

Further reading

• “caoba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno caoban (“mahogany”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈoba/ [kaˈo.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: ca‧o‧ba

Adjective

caoba m or f (masculine and feminine plural caobas)

1. mahogany (color/colour)
   • 2016, “Un Bolero en Berlín”, in Trap Mirror, performed by Los Chikos del Maíz:

     Tú hacías de Lauren Bacall, yo de Humphrey Bogart / Sharapova de color caoba

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Noun

caoba f (plural caobas)

1. mahogany (color/colour)
2. mahogany (tree, wood)

Further reading

• “caoba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• caoba on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es