almagre
See also: almagré
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- almagra
Etymology
From earlier almagra, from Andalusian Arabic المغرة (almáḡra), from Arabic الْمَغْرَة (al-maḡra), الْمُغْرَة (al-muḡra, “red clay or earth”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈma.ɡɾi/ [aʊ̯ˈma.ɡɾi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈma.ɡɾe/ [aʊ̯ˈma.ɡɾe]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈma.ɡɾ(ɨ)/ [aɫˈma.ɣɾ(ɨ)]
Noun
almagre m (plural almagres)
- almagra (a deep red ochre found in Spain)
Spanish
Alternative forms
- almagra
Etymology
From earlier almagra, from Andalusian Arabic المغرة (al-máḡra), from Arabic الْمَغْرَة (al-maḡra), الْمُغْرَة (al-muḡra, “red clay or earth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈmaɡɾe/ [alˈma.ɣ̞ɾe]
- Rhymes: -aɡɾe
- Syllabification: al‧ma‧gre
Noun
almagre m (plural almagres)
- raddle (red ochre)
- Synonym: almazarrón
Derived terms
- almagrar
- enalmagrar
Verb
almagre
- inflection of almagrar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “almagre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014