alcáçova

Portuguese

alcáçova de Málaga

Alternative forms

• alcáçava, alcáceva

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Spanish alcazaba and English casbah. Doublet of casbá.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈka.so.vɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈka.so.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈka.so.vɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈka.so.vɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈka.so.va/ [aʊ̯ˈka.so.va]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈka.su.vɐ/ [aɫˈka.su.vɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈka.su.vɐ/ [aɫˈka.su.vɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈka.su.bɐ/ [aɫˈka.su.βɐ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -asovɐ, (Portugal) -asuvɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧cá‧ço‧va

Noun

alcáçova f (plural alcáçovas)

1. a Moorish fortress within or beside a walled city

Further reading

• alcáçova on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “alcáçova”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alcáçova”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “alcáçova”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “alcáçova”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026