anchova
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish anchova, anchoa, from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: an‧cho‧va
Noun edit
anchova f (plural anchovas)
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anchova f (plural anchovas)
- Alternative form of anchoa
Further reading edit
- “anchova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014