albóndiga

See also: albondiga

Ladino

Noun

albóndiga f (Latin spelling, plural albóndigas)

1. Alternative form of albondiga

Spanish

Alternative forms

• almóndiga (obsolete or nonstandard)

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (al-bunduqa), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet, gun”), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, “Pontic nut”). Compare Ladino albondiga and Portuguese almôndega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈbondiɡa/ [alˈβ̞õn̪.d̪i.ɣ̞a]

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• Rhymes: -ondiɡa
• Syllabification: al‧bón‧di‧ga

Noun

albóndiga f (plural albóndigas)

1. meatball

Derived terms

• albondigón
• albondiguilla

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: albóndiga

Further reading

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