acíbar
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic اَلصَّبِر (aṣ-ṣabir, “aloe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθibaɾ/ [aˈθi.β̞aɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsibaɾ/ [aˈsi.β̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -ibaɾ
- Syllabification: a‧cí‧bar
Noun
acíbar m (plural acíbares)
- (botany) aloe (the plant and its juice)
- Synonym: áloe
- bitterness, sorrow
- Synonyms: amargura, sinsabor
Further reading
- “acíbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014