almeza
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic الميس (al-méys), from Arabic مَيْس (mays, “a kind of tree”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈmeθa/ [alˈme.θa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /alˈmesa/ [alˈme.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eθa (Spain)
- Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: al‧me‧za
Noun
almeza f (plural almezas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “almeza”, 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