almofalla

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish almofalla, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic اَلْمَحَلَّة (al-maḥalla, “encampment”), from حَلَّ (ḥalla, “to dismount”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /almoˈfaʝa/ [al.moˈfa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /almoˈfaʝa/ [al.moˈfa.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /almoˈfaʎa/ [al.moˈfa.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /almoˈfaʃa/ [al.moˈfa.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /almoˈfaʒa/ [al.moˈfa.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒa

• Syllabification: al‧mo‧fa‧lla

Noun

almofalla f (plural almofallas)

1. (archaic) encampment, encamped army
2. (archaic) host, army

Further reading

• “almofalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014