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Meaning of cortizo | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
koɾˈtiθo

Definitions

  1. beehive made with a section of cork
    masculine
  2. cork oak (Quercus suber)
    masculine

Examples

“mando os cortiços e as outras coussas mobiles todas a Pero eanes meu marido”

I bequeath the beehives and all the other movable property to Pedro Yanes, my husband

“Vinte cinco ducias D'obos eu lle ofrezo, porque teñan conque fazer os Formigos, e de mel vnha caldeyra, que os meus cobos e cortizos teñen moy boas entenas; porque sairon ogano moytos enjames d'abellas.”

Twenty-five dozens of eggs I offer her, so that they have the necessary to cook the formigos; and of honey a pot, because my skeps and hives have very good honeycombs, because this year many swarms of bees went out

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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