See Also: estufa(dictionary)

coerce (oh) and estufa (iou)


coerce (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: coercere, from co- ( CO-) + arcere 'to enclose']
to force someone to do something they do not want to do by threatening them
coerce sb into (doing) sth
::The rebels coerced the villagers into hiding them from the army.

estufa (iou)



estufa noun. [e'stufa] M19.
[Spanish, corresp. to Old French estuve (mod. etuve): see STEW noun1.]
An underground chamber in which a fire is kept permanently alight, used as a place of assembly by the Pueblo Indians. M19.
A heated chamber in which Madeira is stored and matured. L19.