albacora
English edit
Noun edit
albacora (plural albacoras)
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic, from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
albacora f (plural albacoras)
- albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish)
References edit
- “albacora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “albacora” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “albacora” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
- albicore m
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish albacora (“swordfish”), from Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
albacora f (plural albacore)
- Synonym of alalonga
Derived terms edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
albacora f (plural albacoras)
- albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish)
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakúra), from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
albacora f (plural albacoras)
- breba, an early Ficus carica fig
- Synonym: breva
- swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
- Synonym: pez espada
Further reading edit
- “albacora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014