nácar

Portuguese

Noun

nácar m (plural nácares)

1. nacre (pearly substance on the interior of mollusk shells)

Synonyms

• madrepérola

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Catalan nacre or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French nacre, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnakaɾ/ [ˈna.kaɾ]

Noun

nácar m (plural nácares)

1. nacre, mother of pearl

Derived terms

• anacarado
• nacarado
• nacarino

See also

• madreperla

Further reading

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