alambre
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alambre (“wire”), possibly because the ingredients were originally cooked kebab-style, skewered on wires.
Noun
alambre (plural alambres)
- A Mexican dish, consisting of meat (usually grilled beef) topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, onion, and pepper.
- 2007, Roberto Santibañez, Rosa's New Mexican Table, Artisan Books, →ISBN, page 204:
- At Rosa Mexicano, alambres are removed from the skewers before they are brought to the table and served on rice that is flanked with Cooked Green Salsa (page 114) and a sauce similar to Roasted Tomatillo-Chipotle Sauce (page 201), [...]
Anagrams
Asturian
Alternative forms
- allambre
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alambre, with a change of gender due to rebracketing of "l'alambre". Displaced native arame.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈlambɾe/ [aˈlãm.bɾe]
- Rhymes: -ambɾe
- Syllabification: a‧lam‧bre
Noun
alambre f (plural alambres)
- wire (metal formed into a long, narrow thread)
Derived terms
- alambrar
- alambráu
- alambrín
- desalambrar
- trabayar nes alambres
Further reading
- “alambre” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.
- “alambre” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alambre.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bre
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈlambɾe/ [ʔɐˈl̪am.bɾ̪e]
Noun
alambre
Derived terms
- alambreng tunokon (“barbed wire”)
Related terms
- alambrilyo
- alambrero
Chavacano
Etymology
Noun
alambre
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic العَنْبَر (al-ʕanbar).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈlɐ̃.bɾi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈlɐ̃.bɾe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈlɐ̃.bɾɨ/
- Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bre
Noun
alambre m (plural alambres)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈlambɾe/ [aˈlãm.bɾe]
Audio (Spain): (file) Audio (Mexico): (file) - Rhymes: -ambɾe
- Syllabification: a‧lam‧bre
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish alambre, arambre, aramne (“bronze”), from Vulgar Latin *arāmen, variant of Late Latin aerāmen, derived from Latin aer-.
Alternative forms
- arambre (obsolete)
Noun
alambre m (plural alambres)
- wire (metal formed into a long, narrow thread)
- wire (a thread of metal)
- alambre (Mexican food dish consisting of meat topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, pepper and onion)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Asturian: alambre, allambre
- Chavacano: alambre
- → Cebuano: alambre
- → Chamorro: alåmle
- → English: alambre
- → Tagalog: alambre
Etymology 2
Verb
alambre
- inflection of alambrar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “alambre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alambre, from Old Spanish alambre, arambre, aramne (“bronze”), from Vulgar Latin *arāmen, variant of Late Latin aerāmen.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈlambɾe/ [ʔɐˈlam.bɾɛ]
- Rhymes: -ambɾe
- Syllabification: a‧lam‧bre
Noun
alambre (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)
Derived terms
- alambreng may-tinik
Related terms
- alambrada
- alambrera
- alambrilyo
- kulantrilyo de-alambre
- milon-de-alambre