almadraba

English

Etymology

Spanish almadraba

Noun

almadraba (countable and uncountable, plural almadrabas)

  1. (uncountable) A Mediterranean fishing technique for catching Atlantic bluefin tuna consisting of suspending nets in walls that guide the fish to a central net trap where they are caught for slaughter.
  2. (countable) An arrangement of nets for this purpose.

Translations

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.maˈdɾa.bɐ/ [aʊ̯.maˈdɾa.bɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.maˈdɾa.ba/ [aʊ̯.maˈdɾa.ba]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.mɐˈdɾa.bɐ/ [aɫ.mɐˈðɾa.βɐ]

  • Hyphenation: al‧ma‧dra‧ba

Noun

almadraba f (plural almadrabas)

  1. Alternative form of almadrava

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic المضربة (almaḍrába).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /almaˈdɾaba/ [al.maˈð̞ɾa.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: al‧ma‧dra‧ba

Noun

almadraba f (plural almadrabas)

  1. tuna fishing
  2. fishing nets arranged as a fence to corral and catch tuna

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