abacora
See also: abacorá
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abaˈkoɾa/ [a.β̞aˈko.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -oɾa
- Syllabification: a‧ba‧co‧ra
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (albakúra), from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).
Noun
abacora f (plural abacoras)
- (Antilles) Alternative form of albacora; swordfish
- (Latin America) type of tuna
Derived terms
- abacorar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
abacora
- inflection of abacorar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “abacora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014