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almofalla

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish almofalla, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic اَلْمَحَلَّة (al-maḥalla, encampment), from حَلَّ (ḥalla, to dismount).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /almoˈfaʝa/ [al.moˈfa.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /almoˈfaʎa/ [al.moˈfa.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /almoˈfaʃa/ [al.moˈfa.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /almoˈfaʒa/ [al.moˈfa.ʒa]

 

  • Syllabification: al‧mo‧fa‧lla

Noun

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almofalla f (plural almofallas)

  1. (archaic) encampment, encamped army
  2. (archaic) host, army

Further reading

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