almazara

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic المَعْصَرَة (al-maʕṣára), from Arabic مَعْصَرَة (maʕṣara, “press”). Cognate of Catalan almàssera.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /almaˈθaɾa/ [al.maˈθa.ɾa]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /almaˈsaɾa/ [al.maˈsa.ɾa]
Rhymes: -aɾa
Syllabification: al‧ma‧za‧ra

Noun

almazara f (plural almazaras)

olive oil mill

Further reading

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

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