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crosta.

crust (any solid, hard surface layer; outer layer of bread and pastry)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɾos.tɐ/Brazil/ˈkɾoʃ.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈkɾoʃ.tɐ/Portugal
  1. crust (any solid, hard surface layer; outer layer of bread and pastry)

    feminine
  2. crust (outermost layer of a planet)

    feminine
  3. scab (incrustation over a wound)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin crusta, from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”).

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