cotorra

Borrowed from Spanish cotorra.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈto.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈto.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈto.ra]

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cotorra f (plural cotorres)

1. any of various species of small parrots or parakeets
2. (figurative) chatterbox

   Synonym: xerradora

• (small parrot): lloro

• cotorra argentina
• cotorra de Kramer
• cotorra multicolor
• cotorreta

• “cotorra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

• IPA^(key): /koˈtora/ [koˈt̪o.ra]
• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: co‧to‧rra

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

5. (Dominican Republic, slang) persuasive or flattering talk used to convince or deceive someone; smooth talk, patter.
   • 2006, “No me de cotorra”, performed by Vakeró and Lápiz Conciente:

     No me de cotorra, yo ando con lo mío.

     Don’t try to smooth-talk me; I’m sticking with my people.

cotorra f sg

1. feminine singular of cotorro

• “cotorra”, 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
• Roberto Guzmán (2021), «Cotorra», Acento.com.do. Column discussing Dominican uses of cotorra.
• «Expresiones aplatanadas que solo entendemos los dominicanos», Diario Libre (2019). Includes the idiom dar cotorra ‘to convince or seduce someone with talk’.
• «Cotorra», in Catálogo de jergas: República Dominicana, Wikibooks. Glosses cotorra as palabrerías usadas para enamorar una mujer.
• «cotorra», in Jergas de habla hispana. Dominican sense glossed as convicción, convencimiento with examples.