almogávar

See also: almogavar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese almogavar, almograve (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [almoˈɣaβɐɾ]

Noun

almogávar m (plural almogávares)

1. (historical) rider, marauder, applied mostly to Christian soldiers who realized raids on Muslim territories during the Middle Ages

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “almogavar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “almogavar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “almogávar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Almogávares

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese almogavar, from Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.moˈɡa.vɐʁ/ [aʊ̯.moˈɡa.vɐh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.moˈɡa.vɐʁ/ [aʊ̯.moˈɡa.vɐh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.moˈɡa.vɐɾ/ [aʊ̯.moˈɡa.vɐɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.moˈɡa.vɐʁ/ [aʊ̯.moˈɡa.vɐχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.moˈɡa.vaɻ/ [aʊ̯.moˈɡa.vaɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.muˈɡa.vaɾ/ [aɫ.muˈɣa.vaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.muˈɡa.vaɾ/ [aɫ.muˈɣa.vaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.muˈɡa.baɾ/ [aɫ.muˈɣa.βaɾ]

Noun

almogávar m (plural almogávares)

1. (historical) almogavar (light footsoldier during the Reconquista)

Derived terms

• almogavaria

 

Further reading

• “almogávar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /almoˈɡabaɾ/ [al.moˈɣ̞a.β̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -abaɾ
• Syllabification: al‧mo‧gá‧var

Adjective

almogávar m or f (masculine and feminine plural almogávares)

1. (historical) almogavar

Noun

almogávar m (plural almogávares)

1. (historical) almogavar (light footsoldier during the Reconquista)

Descendants

• → English: almogavar

Further reading

• “almogávar”, 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