txalaparta

English

Etymology

From Basque txalaparta.

Noun

txalaparta (plural txalapartas)

  1. A traditional Basque percussion instrument.

Further reading

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Basque txalaparta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃalaˈpaɾta/ [t͡ʃa.laˈpaɾ.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -aɾta
  • Syllabification: txa‧la‧par‧ta

Noun

txalaparta f (plural txalapartas)

  1. a txalaparta

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • “txalaparta”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN
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