taltuza

taltuza m (invariable)

1. taltuza, gopher

Borrowed from Pipil tāltūsan (“gopher”). Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“earth, soil”) + tozan (“gopher, mole”) (compare tuza).

• IPA^(key): /talˈtuθa/ [t̪al̪ˈt̪u.θa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /talˈtusa/ [t̪al̪ˈt̪u.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -uθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -usa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: tal‧tu‧za

taltuza f (plural taltuzas)

1. (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) gopher

   Synonym: (Mexico) tuza

• “taltuza”, 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