albacea

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic صَحْب الوَصِيَّة (ṣáḥb alwaṣíyya, literally “companion of the will”); see Arabic صَحْب (ṣaḥb), وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /albaˈθea/ [al.β̞aˈθe.a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /albaˈsea/ [al.β̞aˈse.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: al‧ba‧ce‧a

Noun

albacea m or f by sense (plural albaceas)

1. (law) testamentary executor, administrator

Further reading

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