amurallar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ muralla (“wall”) +‎ -ar. Compare Portuguese amuralhar.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /amuɾaˈʝaɾ/ [a.mu.ɾaˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /amuɾaˈʝaɾ/ [a.mu.ɾaˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /amuɾaˈʎaɾ/ [a.mu.ɾaˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /amuɾaˈʃaɾ/ [a.mu.ɾaˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /amuɾaˈʒaɾ/ [a.mu.ɾaˈʒaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to wall

Derived terms

• amurallamiento

Further reading

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