alfarroba

Galician

Alternative forms

• algarroa

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfarroba, borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb), borrowed from Aramaic חַרּוּבָא.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alfaˈroba/ [ɑl.faˈro.β̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Hyphenation: al‧fa‧rro‧ba

Noun

alfarroba f (plural alfarrobas)

1. carob (fruit of the carob tree)

Further reading

• “alfarroba”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “alfarroba” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• algarava

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb).

Noun

alfarroba f (plural alfarrobas)

1. carob

Descendants

• Galician: alfarroba, algarroa
• Portuguese: alfarroba

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “algara@a”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “algaraua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Portuguese

alfarroba

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfarroba, borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb), borrowed from Aramaic חַרּוּבָא. Compare Spanish algarroba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.faˈʁo.bɐ/ [aʊ̯.faˈho.bɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.faˈʁo.bɐ/ [aʊ̯.faˈho.bɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.faˈʁo.bɐ/ [aʊ̯.faˈχo.bɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.faˈʁo.ba/ [aʊ̯.faˈho.ba]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐˈʁo.bɐ/ [aɫ.fɐˈʁo.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: al‧far‧ro‧ba

Noun

alfarroba f (plural alfarrobas)

1. carob (fruit of the carob tree)

Derived terms

• alfarrobeira

Further reading

• Alfarrobeira on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt