almogávar

See also: almogavar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese almogavar, almograve (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [almoˈɣaβɐɾ]

Noun

almogávar m (plural almogávares)

1. (historical) rider, marauder, applied mostly to Christian soldiers who realized raids on Muslim territories during the Middle Ages

References

• “almogavar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “almogavar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “almogávar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.moˈɡa.vɐʁ/ [aʊ̯.moˈɡa.vɐh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.moˈɡa.vɐʁ/ [aʊ̯.moˈɡa.vɐh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.moˈɡa.vɐɾ/ [aʊ̯.moˈɡa.vɐɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.moˈɡa.vɐʁ/ [aʊ̯.moˈɡa.vɐχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.moˈɡa.vaɻ/ [aʊ̯.moˈɡa.vaɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.muˈɡa.vaɾ/ [aɫ.muˈɣa.vaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.muˈɡa.vaɾ/ [aɫ.muˈɣa.vaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.muˈɡa.baɾ/ [aɫ.muˈɣa.βaɾ]

Noun

almogávar m (plural almogávares)

1. (historical) almogavar (light footsoldier during the Reconquista)

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /almoˈɡabaɾ/ [al.moˈɣ̞a.β̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -abaɾ
• Syllabification: al‧mo‧gá‧var

Adjective

almogávar m or f (masculine and feminine plural almogávares)

1. (historical) almogavar

Noun

almogávar m (plural almogávares)

1. (historical) almogavar (light footsoldier during the Reconquista)

Descendants

• → English: almogavar

Further reading

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