acirate
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الصِرَاط (aṣ-ṣiráṭ), from Arabic صِرَاط (ṣirāṭ), from Classical Syriac ܐܣܛܪܛ (ˀesṭrāṭ), from Latin strāta. Doublet of estrada.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθiˈɾate/ [a.θiˈɾa.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /asiˈɾate/ [a.siˈɾa.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ate
- Syllabification: a‧ci‧ra‧te
Noun edit
acirate m (plural acirates)
- (agriculture) ridge (formed by plowed earth)
- (landscaping) allee
Further reading edit
- “acirate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014