albóndiga

See also: albondiga

Ladino

Noun

albóndiga f (Latin spelling, plural albóndigas)

1. Alternative form of albondiga

Spanish

Alternative forms

• almóndiga (obsolete or nonstandard)

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (al-bunduqa, “the hazelnut”), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, “Pontic nut”). Compare Ladino albondiga and Portuguese almôndega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈbondiɡa/ [alˈβ̞õn̪.d̪i.ɣ̞a]

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• Rhymes: -ondiɡa
• Syllabification: al‧bón‧di‧ga

Noun

albóndiga f (plural albóndigas)

1. meatball

Derived terms

• albondigón
• albondiguilla

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: albóndiga

Further reading

• “albóndiga”, 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