alambre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alambre (“wire”), possibly because the ingredients were originally cooked kebab-style, skewered on wires.

Noun

alambre (plural alambres)

1. A Mexican dish, consisting of meat (usually grilled beef) topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, onion, and pepper.
   • 2007, Roberto Santibañez, Rosa's New Mexican Table, Artisan Books, →ISBN, page 204:

     At Rosa Mexicano, alambres are removed from the skewers before they are brought to the table and served on rice that is flanked with Cooked Green Salsa (page 114) and a sauce similar to Roasted Tomatillo-Chipotle Sauce (page 201), [...]

Anagrams

• Marable, armable

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alambre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bre
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlambɾe/, [ʔʌˈl̪am.bɾ̪ɪ]

Noun

alambre

1. wire

   Synonym: kawat

Derived terms

• alambreng tunokon (“barbed wire”)

Related terms

• alambrilyo
• alambrero

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish alambre.

Noun

alambre

1. wire

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic العَنْبَر‎ (al-ʕanbar).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɐ̃.bɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɐ̃.bɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɐ̃.bɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlɐ̃.bɾɨ/

• Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bre

Noun

alambre m (plural alambres)

1. amber (fossil resin)

   Synonym: âmbar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlambɾe/ [aˈlãm.bɾe]
• Rhymes: -ambɾe
• Syllabification: a‧lam‧bre

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish alambre, arambre, aramne (“bronze”), from Vulgar Latin *arāmen, variant of Late Latin aerāmen, derived from Latin aer-.

Alternative forms

• arambre (obsolete)

Noun

alambre m (plural alambres)

1. wire (metal formed into a long, narrow thread)
2. wire (a thread of metal)
3. alambre (Mexican food dish consisting of meat topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, pepper and onion)

Derived terms

• alambrar
• alambre de espinas
• alambre de espino
• alambre de púas
• alambrera
• alámbrico

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: alambre
• → Cebuano: alambre
• → Chamorro: alåmle
• → English: alambre
• → Tagalog: alambre

Etymology 2

Verb

alambre

1. inflection of alambrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alambre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bre
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlambɾe/, [ʔɐˈlam.bɾɛ]

Noun

alambre (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. wire

   Synonym: kawad

Derived terms

• alambreng may-tinik

Related terms

• alambrera

Further reading

• “alambre”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2023
• “alambre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018