almendra
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈmendɾa/ [alˈmẽn̪.d̪ɾa]
- Rhymes: -endɾa
- Syllabification: al‧men‧dra
Noun
almendra f (plural almendres)
Related terms
Chavacano
Etymology
Inherited from Spanish almendra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈmendɾa/, [alˈmẽn̪.d̪ɾa]
- Rhymes: -endɾa
- Hyphenation: al‧men‧dra
Noun
almendra (plural almendras)
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish almendra (compare Spanish almendra), from Vulgar Latin, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).
Noun
almendra f (plural almendras)
Mirandese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin.
Noun
almendra f (plural almendras)
Derived terms
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈmendɾa/
Noun
almendra f (plural almendras)
- almond
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 23r:
- […] E fizierõ aſi fijos de iſrꝉ eotro dia floreçio el blago de aaron ⁊ leuo almẽdras.
- […] And so they did the children of Israel. And on the next day the staff of Aaron blossomed and bore almonds.
Descendants
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈmendɾa/ [alˈmẽn̪.d̪ɾa]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -endɾa
- Syllabification: al‧men‧dra
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish almendra (compare Ladino almendra), from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin. Doublet of amígdala and mandorla.
Noun
almendra f (plural almendras)
- almond (type of tree nut)
- kernel (central (usually edible) part of a nut)
- (colloquial, Spain) a human head, especially a big one; a melon
- Ahora que lo pienso, es verdad que tiene buena almendra.
- Now that I think about it, he does have a huge melon.
Derived terms
- almendrado
- almendrar
- almendro
- harina de almendra (“almond meal, almond flour”)
- leche de almendra
Related terms
Descendants
- → Chavacano: almendra
Etymology 2
Verb
almendra
- inflection of almendrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “almendra”, 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 almendra. See more at almendras.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˈmendɾa/ [ʔɐlˈmɛn̪.d̪ɾɐ]
- Rhymes: -endɾa
- Syllabification: al‧men‧dra
Noun
almendra (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇ)
- alternative form of almendras