correa

See also: Corrêa and Correa

Asturian

Alternative forms

• correya
• currea
• curreya

Etymology

From Latin corrigia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈrea/ [koˈre.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: co‧rre‧a

Noun

correa f (plural correes)

1. belt

Further reading

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “correa”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “correa”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• correia

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese correa, from Latin corrigia. Compare Portuguese correia and Spanish correa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈrea/ [koˈre.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Hyphenation: co‧rre‧a

Noun

correa f (plural correas)

1. leather strap
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 34:

     tã grã fame era dentro na vila, que comiã os coyros et as correas

     there was such big hunger inside the town that they were eating the leathers and straps

   1. leather strap which connects both parts of a flail
2. leash
   • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes en Romance:

     As veces ruyn gadela roy boa correa

     Sometimes a bad bitch gnaws a good leash

3. elasticity of a dough
4. sea thongs (Himanthalia elongate)

   Synonym: correola

5. sea-laces (Chorda filum)
6. juvenile specimen of conger

Derived terms

• Correa
• correaría

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “correa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “correa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “correa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “correa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “correa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korˈre.a/
• Rhymes: -ea
• Hyphenation: cor‧ré‧a

Noun

correa f (plural corree)

1. female equivalent of correo (“accomplice”)

Anagrams

• arreco, arrecò

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin corrigia (“shoelace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈrea/ [koˈre.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: co‧rre‧a

Noun

correa f (plural correas)

1. belt, band

   Synonym: cinturón

2. leash

   Synonym: traílla

Derived terms

• correa de distribución
• correa de transmisión
• correaje
• correazo

Descendants

• → Tagalog: korea

Further reading

• “correa”, 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