curuja

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Galician and Asturian curuxa (“barn owl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈɾuxa/ [kuˈɾu.xa]
• Rhymes: -uxa
• Syllabification: cu‧ru‧ja

Noun

curuja f (plural curujas)

1. burrowing owl

Further reading

• “curuja”, 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