alcayata
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic الخَيَاطَة, from Latin cāia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /alkaˈʝata/ [al.kaˈʝa.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /alkaˈʃata/ [al.kaˈʃa.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /alkaˈʒata/ [al.kaˈʒa.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: al‧ca‧ya‧ta
Noun
alcayata f (plural alcayatas)
- meat hook
- spike
Further reading
- “alcayata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014