cotorra

Spanish

Etymology

Simplification from cotorrera, from cotarrera, from cotarro, from coto, from Latin cautus (“defended”).

Adjective

cotorra f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective cotorro.

Noun

cotorra f (plural cotorras)

  1. small parrot
  2. magpie
  3. chatterbox
  4. (Mexico) An unmarried woman past the normal marrying age according to social traditions.
    Synonym: solterona
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