atalaya
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[edit]Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
[edit]From Arabic الطَّلَائِع (aṭ-ṭalāʔiʕ), plural of طَلِيعَة (ṭalīʕa, “vanguard”).
Noun
[edit]atalaya f (plural atalayas)
- watchtower
- Synonym: vigía
- height
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]atalaya
- inflection of atalayar:
Further reading
[edit]- “atalaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014