almazara

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic المَعْصَرَة (al-maʕṣára), from Arabic مَعْصَرَة (maʕṣara, “press”). Cognate of Catalan almàssera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /almaˈθaɾa/ [al.maˈθa.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /almaˈsaɾa/ [al.maˈsa.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: al‧ma‧za‧ra

Noun

almazara f (plural almazaras)

1. olive oil mill

Further reading

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