jaraíz
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic; compare Portuguese chafariz (“fountain”), Catalan safareig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaɾaˈiθ/ [xa.ɾaˈiθ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /xaɾaˈis/ [xa.ɾaˈis] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθ (Spain)
- Rhymes: -is (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: ja‧ra‧íz
Noun
jaraíz m (plural jaraíces)
- synonym of lagar (“vat in which olives and grapes are pressed”)
Further reading
- “jaraíz”, 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