almendra
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin.
NounEdit
almendra f (plural almendres)
Related termsEdit
ChavacanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
almendra
LadinoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Spanish almendra (compare Spanish almendra), from Vulgar Latin, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).
NounEdit
almendra f (Latin spelling, plural almendras)
MirandeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin.
NounEdit
almendra f (plural almendras)
Derived termsEdit
Old SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
almendra f (plural almendras)
- almond
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 23r.
- […] E fizieró aſi fijos de iſrł eotro dia floreçio el blago de aaron ¬ leuo almédras.
- […] And so they did the children of Israel. And on the next day the staff of Aaron blossomed and bore almonds.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 23r.
DescendantsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Spanish almendra (compare Ladino almendra), from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin. Doublet of amígdala.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
almendra f (plural almendras)
- almond (type of tree nut)
- kernel (central (usually edible) part of a nut)
- (colloquial, Spain) a human head, especially a big one; a melon
- Ahora que lo pienso, es verdad que tiene buena almendra.
- Now that I think about it, he does have a huge melon.
Derived termsEdit
- almendrado
- almendrar
- almendro
- harina de almendra (“almond meal, almond flour”)
- leche de almendra
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Chavacano: almendra
VerbEdit
almendra
- inflection of almendrar:
Further readingEdit
- “almendra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014