English Explanatory Dictionary

desnuda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/dɛsˈnuːdɑ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-desnuda.wav /dɛsˈnudɑ/

Word forms

desnuda 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”).

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