gamuza
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *camocia, from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox, probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem (“without horns”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡaˈmuθa/ [ɡaˈmu.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ɡaˈmusa/ [ɡaˈmu.sa]
Audio (Spain) (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -uθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -usa
- Syllabification: ga‧mu‧za
Noun
gamuza f (plural gamuzas)
- chamois (goat-antelope)
- Synonyms: rebeco, sarrio
- chamois (leather)
- (piece of) cloth
Further reading
- “gamuza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014