arriate

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈrjate/ [aˈrja.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: a‧rria‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الرِيَاض (ar-riyáḍ), from Arabic رَوْضَة (rawḍa).

Noun

arriate m (plural arriates)

  1. (architecture) an elongated parterre (formal garden)
    • 2017 August, “Por tala ilegal tendrán que sembrar 752 jacarandas”, in Al Dia‎[1]:
      Los nueve hombres que fueron sorprendidos talando árboles en el arriate central del bulevar Juan Pablo II, el pasado miércoles, tendrán que sembrar 752 jacarandas y darles mantenimiento por cinco años.
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Etymology 2

Verb

arriate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of arriar combined with te

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