almadraba

English

Etymology

From Spanish almadraba.

Noun

almadraba (countable and uncountable, plural almadrabas)

1. (uncountable) A Mediterranean fishing technique for catching Atlantic bluefin tuna consisting of suspending nets in walls that guide the fish to a central net trap where they are caught for slaughter.
2. (countable) An arrangement of nets for this purpose.

Translations

a Mediterranean fishing technique for catching tuna

• Catalan: almadrava (ca) f
• Portuguese: almadrava f, almadraba f

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.maˈdɾa.bɐ/ [aʊ̯.maˈdɾa.bɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.maˈdɾa.ba/ [aʊ̯.maˈdɾa.ba]

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

• Hyphenation: al‧ma‧dra‧ba

Noun

almadraba f (plural almadrabas)

1. Alternative form of almadrava

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic المضربة (almaḍrába).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /almaˈdɾaba/ [al.maˈð̞ɾa.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: al‧ma‧dra‧ba

Noun

almadraba f (plural almadrabas)

1. tuna fishing
2. fishing nets arranged as a fence to corral and catch tuna

Further reading

• “almadraba”, 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