alcorza

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish alcorza. === Noun === alcorza (uncountable) (obsolete) A paste of sugar and starch, used in making sweets. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈkoɾθa/ [alˈkoɾ.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /alˈkoɾsa/ [alˈkoɾ.sa] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -oɾθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -oɾsa (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: al‧cor‧za === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Arabic القُرْصَة (al-qurṣa), dialectal form of قُرْص (qurṣ, “disk”). Portuguese alcorça, alcorce, Catalan alcorsa. ==== Noun ==== alcorza f (plural alcorzas) sugar-heavy mass to manufacture pastry from it frosting, icing, sugarcoat to be applied on bakestuff === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== alcorza inflection of alcorzar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “alcorza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025