azotea
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic السطيح (as-suṭéyḥa), from Arabic سَطِيح (saṭīḥ, “flat, spread out”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθoˈtea/ [a.θoˈt̪e.a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /asoˈtea/ [a.soˈt̪e.a]
- Rhymes: -ea
- Syllabification: a‧zo‧te‧a
Noun edit
azotea f (plural azoteas)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Cebuano: asotiya
Further reading edit
- “azotea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014