alfadía

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الهَدِيَّة (al-hadíyya), from Arabic هَدِيَّة (hadiyya, “donation, offering”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alfaˈdia/ [al.faˈð̞i.a]
Rhymes: -ia
Syllabification: al‧fa‧dí‧a

Noun

alfadía f (plural alfadías)

(obsolete) bribe
Synonym: soborno

Further reading

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

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