aldraba
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الضَبَّة (aḍ-ḍabba, “window-bolt”, literally “lizard”).
Noun
aldraba f (plural aldrabas)
Further reading
- “aldraba”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈdɾa.bɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈdɾa.bɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈdɾa.ba/ [aʊ̯ˈdɾa.ba]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈdɾa.bɐ/ [aɫˈdɾa.βɐ]
- Hyphenation: al‧dra‧ba
Etymology 1
From Arabic الضَبَّة (aḍ-ḍabba, “window-bolt”, literally “lizard”). Compare Spanish aldaba.
Alternative forms
Noun
aldraba f (plural aldrabas)
Synonyms
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
aldraba
- inflection of aldrabar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “aldraba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “aldraba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026