anjova

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan anxova (“anchovy”), in turn from Spanish anchova, from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē, “small fry”). Doublet of anchoa and anchova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈxoba/ [ãŋˈxo.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: an‧jo‧va

Noun

anjova f (plural anjovas)

1. (Canary Islands) bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Further reading

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