balquena
Catalan
Etymology
From Arabic.
Noun
balquena f (plural balquenes)
Usage notes
Used only in the expression a balquena (“in spades, in droves”).
Further reading
- “balquena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “balquena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.