abacora

See also: abacorá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈkoɾa/ [a.β̞aˈko.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧co‧ra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (albakúra), from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).

Noun

abacora f (plural abacoras)

1. (Antilles) Alternative form of albacora; swordfish
2. (Latin America) type of tuna

Derived terms

• abacorar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

abacora

1. inflection of abacorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “abacora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014