abencerraje

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /abenθeˈraxe/ [a.β̞ẽn̟.θeˈra.xe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /abenseˈraxe/ [a.β̞ẽn.seˈra.xe]
• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: a‧ben‧ce‧rra‧je

Noun

abencerraje m (plural abencerrajes)

1. (historical) a member of a powerful faction, native to the Emirate of Granada, and rivals of the zegríes.

Derived terms

• a lo abencerraje
• zegríes y abencerrajes

Further reading

• “abencerraje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “abencerraje”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española, Real Academia Española, 2021