atarraya

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الطراحة (aṭ-ṭarráḥa).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ataˈraʝa/ [a.t̪aˈra.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ataˈraʝa/ [a.t̪aˈra.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ataˈraʃa/ [a.t̪aˈra.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ataˈraʒa/ [a.t̪aˈra.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: a‧ta‧rra‧ya

Noun

atarraya f (plural atarrayas)

1. fishing net

   Synonyms: red de pesca, esparavel

Further reading

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