alcaparra
Galician
Etymology
From Mozarabic, from Arabic كَبَّار (kabbār) or Latin cappāris.
Noun
alcaparra f (plural alcaparras)
- caper (plant or bud)
Further reading
- “alcaparra” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Arabic الكَبَّار (al-kabbār).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.kaˈpa.ʁɐ/ [aʊ̯.kaˈpa.hɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aw.kaˈpa.ʁɐ/ [aʊ̯.kaˈpa.χɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.kaˈpa.ʁa/ [aʊ̯.kaˈpa.ha]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.kɐˈpa.ʁɐ/ [aɫ.kɐˈpa.ʁɐ]
Noun
alcaparra f (plural alcaparras)
- caper (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Spanish
Etymology
From Mozarabic, from Arabic الْكَبَّار (al-kabbār) or Latin cappāris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alkaˈpara/ [al.kaˈpa.ra]
- Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: al‧ca‧pa‧rra
Noun
alcaparra f (plural alcaparras)
- caper (plant)
- Synonym: alcaparro
- caper (bud)
Alternative forms
- caparra (Aragón)
Related terms
- alcaparro
- alcaparrado
- alcaparral
- alcaparrera
- alcaparrón
Further reading
- “alcaparra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014