atalaya

See also: atalayá and Atalaya

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ataˈlaʝa/ [a.t̪aˈla.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ataˈlaʝa/ [a.t̪aˈla.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ataˈlaʃa/ [a.t̪aˈla.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ataˈlaʒa/ [a.t̪aˈla.ʒa]

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• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: a‧ta‧la‧ya

Etymology 1

From Arabic الطَّلَائِع (aṭ-ṭalāʔiʕ), plural of طَلِيعَة (ṭalīʕa, “vanguard”).

Noun

atalaya f (plural atalayas)

1. watchtower

   Synonym: vigía

2. height

Derived terms

• atalayar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

atalaya

1. inflection of atalayar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “atalaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28