almóndiga
Spanish
Etymology
Variant of albóndiga, presumably influenced by Portuguese almôndega (“meatball”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈmondiɡa/ [alˈmõn̪.d̪i.ɣ̞a]
- Rhymes: -ondiɡa
- Syllabification: al‧món‧di‧ga
Noun
almóndiga f (plural almóndigas)
Usage notes
- First tagged as deprecated in the 23rd edition of the Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española.
Further reading
- “almóndiga”, 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