atalaya
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Arabic الطَّلَائِع (aṭ-ṭalāʔiʕ), plural of طَلِيعَة (ṭalīʕa, “vanguard”).
Noun edit
atalaya f (plural atalayas)
- watchtower
- Synonym: vigía
- height
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
atalaya
- inflection of atalayar:
Further reading edit
- “atalaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014