albudeca

From Arabic بَطِّيخَة (baṭṭīḵa, “watermelon”). Cognate of Spanish albudeca.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əl.βuˈðe.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əl.buˈðe.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [al.buˈðe.ka]

albudeca f (plural albudeques)

1. tasteless or watery melon

   Synonym: pasteca

• “albudeca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Andalusian Arabic اَلْبَطِّيخَة (al-baṭṭīḵa, “watermelon”), from Arabic بَطِّيخَة (baṭṭīḵa, “watermelon”).

• IPA^(key): /albuˈdeka/ [al.β̞uˈð̞e.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: al‧bu‧de‧ca

albudeca f (plural albudecas)

1. tasteless or watery melon

   Synonym: badea

• “albudeca”, 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