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