alcachofa
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alkaˈt͡ʃofa/, [al.kaˈt͡ɕo.fa]
- Rhymes: -ofa
- Hyphenation: al‧ca‧cho‧fa
Galician
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alkaˈt͡ʃofa/ [ɑɫ.kɑˈt͡ʃo.fɐ]
- Rhymes: -ofa
- Hyphenation: al‧ca‧cho‧fa
Further reading
- “alcachofa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.kaˈʃo.fɐ/ [aʊ̯.kaˈʃo.fɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.kaˈʃo.fa/ [aʊ̯.kaˈʃo.fa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.kɐˈʃo.fɐ/ [aɫ.kɐˈʃo.fɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /al.kɐˈt͡ʃo.fɐ/ [aɫ.kɐˈt͡ʃo.fɐ]
- Rhymes: -ofɐ
- Hyphenation: al‧ca‧cho‧fa
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الخرشوفة (al-ḵaršúfa), from Arabic الخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf, “artichoke”). Compare Portuguese alcachofra and Catalan carxofa. Related to English artichoke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alkaˈt͡ʃofa/ [al.kaˈt͡ʃo.fa]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -ofa
- Syllabification: al‧ca‧cho‧fa
Noun
alcachofa f (plural alcachofas)
- artichoke
- Synonym: (Argentina, southern Spain) alcaucil
- (Spain) shower head
- Synonyms: cabezal de ducha, (Latin America) regadera, (Argentina) flor de ducha
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: alkatsopas
Further reading
- “alcachofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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