almirez
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic المِهْرَاس (al-mihrās).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /almiˈɾeθ/ [al.miˈɾeθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /almiˈɾes/ [al.miˈɾes]
- Rhymes: -eθ
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: al‧mi‧rez
Noun
editalmirez m (plural almireces)
- large mortar (as in, mortar and pestle)
- 1887, Benito Pérez Galdós, Fortunata y Jacinta:
- Papitos cogió la mano del almirez, haciendo el ademán de machacar al señorito la cabeza.
- Papitos grabbed the handle of the pestle, pretending to crush the young man's head.
Further reading
edit- “almirez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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