acémila

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الزَّامِلَة (az-zāmila, “beast of burden”) (compare Maltese żiemel (“horse”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθemila/ [aˈθe.mi.la] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aˈsemila/ [aˈse.mi.la] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -emila
• Syllabification: a‧cé‧mi‧la

Noun

acémila f (plural acémilas)

1. mule; beast of burden

Derived terms

• acemilero

Further reading

• “acémila”, 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