callosidad
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin callōsitās.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʝosiˈdad/ [ka.ʝo.siˈð̞að̞] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaʎosiˈdad/ [ka.ʎo.siˈð̞að̞] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaʃosiˈdad/ [ka.ʃo.siˈð̞að̞] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaʒosiˈdad/ [ka.ʒo.siˈð̞að̞] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: ca‧llo‧si‧dad
Noun
callosidad f (plural callosidades)
- callus
- 2016 November 9, “El diabético debe controlar su enfermedad llevando un estilo de vida sano”, in La Prensa[1]:
- Esto hace que no tenga puntos de presión que desarrollen callosidades que provocan fisuras o úlceras, y evitar llegar a la amputación, detalla.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
Further reading
- “callosidad”, 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