almendra

See also: Almendra and almendrá

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmendɾa/, [alˈmẽn̪.d̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -endɾa
• Hyphenation: al‧men‧dra

Noun

almendra f (plural almendres)

1. almond

Related terms

• almendral

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish almendra.

Noun

almendra

1. almond

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish almendra (compare Spanish almendra), from Vulgar Latin, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).

Noun

almendra f (Latin spelling, plural almendras)

1. almond

Mirandese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin.

Noun

almendra f (plural almendras)

1. almond

Derived terms

• almendreira
• almendral

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmendɾa/

Noun

almendra f (plural almendras)

1. almond
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 23r:

     […] E fizierõ aſi fijos de iſrꝉ eotro dia floreçio el blago de aaron ⁊ leuo almẽdras.

     […] And so they did the children of Israel. And on the next day the staff of Aaron blossomed and bore almonds.

Descendants

• Ladino: almendra
• Spanish: almendra
  • → Chavacano: almendra

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmendɾa/ [alˈmẽn̪.d̪ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -endɾa
• Syllabification: al‧men‧dra

Etymology 1

Almendras

Inherited 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.

Noun

almendra f (plural almendras)

1. almond (type of tree nut)
2. kernel (central (usually edible) part of a nut)
3. (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 terms

• almendrado
• almendrar
• almendro
• harina de almendra (“almond meal, almond flour”)
• leche de almendra

 

Related terms

• amígdala

 

Descendants

• → Chavacano: almendra

Etymology 2

Verb

almendra

1. inflection of almendrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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