albacora

Galician

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic, from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alβaˈkɔɾa̝/

Noun

albacora f (plural albacoras)

1. albacore (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish)

References

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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “albacora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Italian

Alternative forms

• albicore m

Etymology

From Spanish albacora (“swordfish”), from Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة‎ (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.baˈkɔ.ra/, [äl̺bäˈkɔːr̺ä]
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: al‧ba‧cò‧ra

Noun

albacora f (plural albacore)

1. Synonym of alalonga

Derived terms

• tonno albacora

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Portuguese

Noun

albacora f (plural albacoras)

1. albacore (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• abacora

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (albakúra), from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”)

Noun

albacora f (plural albacoras)

1. swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

   Synonym: pez espada

Further reading

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