arco de la vieja

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Alternative forms

arco de vieja, arco vieja, arco la vieja, arcolavieja

Etymology

Calque of Portuguese arco da velha. Compare Galician arco da vella, Mirandese arco de la bielha, Portuguese arco da velha, Leonese and Asturian arcu la vieya.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌaɾko de la ˈbjexa/ [ˌaɾ.ko ð̞e la ˈβ̞je.xa]
Syllabification: ar‧co de la vie‧ja

Noun

arco de la vieja m (plural arcos de la vieja)

(Canary Islands, Louisiana) rainbow
Synonym: arcoíris

Further reading

arco de la vieja at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
“arco”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española, Real Academia Española, 2021

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