cenefa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَنِيفَة (ṣanīfa), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Sicilian zineffa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈnefa/ [θeˈne.fa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seˈnefa/ [seˈne.fa]
• Rhymes: -efa
• Syllabification: ce‧ne‧fa

Noun

cenefa f (plural cenefas)

1. decorative border

Further reading

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