arrabal

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الرَبَض (ar-rabáḍ), from Arabic رَبَض (rabaḍ, “outskirts”). Cognate to Portuguese arrabalde and Catalan raval.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /araˈbal/ [a.raˈβ̞al]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: a‧rra‧bal

Noun

arrabal m (plural arrabales)

suburb
Synonym: afueras

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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