almofalla

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish almofalla, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic اَلْمَحَلَّة (al-maḥalla, “encampment”), from حَلَّ (ḥalla, “to dismount”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /almoˈfaʝa/ [al.moˈfa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /almoˈfaʝa/ [al.moˈfa.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /almoˈfaʎa/ [al.moˈfa.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /almoˈfaʃa/ [al.moˈfa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /almoˈfaʒa/ [al.moˈfa.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -aʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: al‧mo‧fa‧lla

Noun

almofalla f (plural almofallas)

1. (archaic) encampment, encamped army
2. (archaic) host, army

Further reading

• “almofalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025