cotufa

Spanish

Etymology

From English corn to fry.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈtufa/, [koˈt̪ufa]

Noun

cotufa f (plural cotufas)

(Western Canary Islands, Venezuela) popcorn

Synonyms

(popcorn):

cabrita (Chile)
cancha (Peru)
canchita (Peru)
canguil (Ecuador)
cocaleca (Dominican Republic)
crispeta (Colombia)
esquite (Northwestern Mexico)
gallito (Northwestern Venezuela)
maíz pira (Colombia)
millo (Panama)
palomita (de maíz) (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain)

pipoca (Bolivia)
pochoclo (Argentina)
pop (Uruguay)
popcorn (Panama, Puerto Rico)
pororó (Eastern Bolivia, Northern and Western Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay)
poporopo (Guatemala)
pururú (Northern Central Argentina (Provinicia de Córdoba))
rosca (Eastern Canary Islands)
roseta (de maíz) (El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Southern Spain)
rosita (de maíz) (Cuba)
tostón (Southeastern Spain)

Further reading

“cotufa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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