almíbar
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic المَيْبَة (al-mayba), from Persian می به (may bih, literally “quince nectar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈmibaɾ/ [alˈmi.β̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -ibaɾ
- Syllabification: al‧mí‧bar
Noun
almíbar m (plural almíbares)
- sugar water
- sweet syrup, made of sugar only
Derived terms
- almibarar
Descendants
- → Tagalog: arníbal
See also
- jarabe
Further reading
- “almíbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014