almazara

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic المَعْصَرَة (al-maʕṣára), from Arabic مَعْصَرَة (maʕṣara, “press”). Cognate of Catalan almàssera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /almaˈθaɾa/ [al.maˈθa.ɾa] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /almaˈsaɾa/ [al.maˈsa.ɾa] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: al‧ma‧za‧ra

Noun

almazara f (plural almazaras)

  1. olive oil mill

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.