cortapisa
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Catalan cortapisa.
Noun
cortapisa f (plural cortapisas)
- obstacle
- Synonym: obstáculo
- shackle; restriction
- Synonym: grillete
- charm (used when speaking)
- Synonym: encanto
Further reading
- “cortapisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “cortapisa” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.