Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

desnuda

/dɛsˈnudɑ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: des-nu-da
IPA: /dɛsˈnudɑ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A topless female street performer covered in body paint who poses for photographs in exchange for tips in the pedestrian plaza of New York City's Times Square.

American usage

Example Sentences

"She shielded her nipples until they were cloaked with brush strokes[.] […] This was part of Ms. Ovalles’s daily routine as a desnuda, a Spanish word meaning naked that has been embraced by the women who strut around the Times Square pedestrian plaza topless and covered in body paint to pose for photos in exchange for tips."
"Muslims, and a number of Americans alike, would be alarmed with some of the street performers found in New York's Times Square, especially the daily routine of desnudas."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish desnuda, the feminine singular of desnudo (“naked, nude, undressed”), ultimately from Latin nūdus (“naked, nude, undressed”) and Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare, naked”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *negʷ-, nūdus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɛsˈnudɑ/
British English: /dɛsˈnuːdɑ/

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

desnudas (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce desnuda?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɛsˈnudɑ/.
What does desnuda mean?: A topless female street performer covered in body paint who poses for photographs in exchange for tips in the pedestrian plaza of New York City's Times Square.
Where does desnuda come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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